Left behind, p.33
Left Behind, page 33
As soon as the kitchen was set up, the women moved to the bedrooms, made up the beds, hung towels in the bathrooms, and put the rest in the linen closet in the hall.
They moved food into Ella’s freezer and filled up the new refrigerator, and when they were done, ate sandwiches at the big dining table and sat within the silence of the house, remembering Ella and giving thanks that Linette and Wiley had accepted the task of keeping the old house alive.
Ava ate fast and bolted up the stairs. She needed to see her new space and make sure all her things were where they belonged. After a quick check, she was satisfied all was well and walked to the windows overlooking the back pasture. It was trees and pasture as far as the eye could see.
“I’m safe now,” she whispered. “Forever and ever.”
***
That night, when Linette helped her with her bath and Bubba read her a story, then put her to bed, Ava didn’t need any shades pulled down or curtains drawn across her windows.
She was high on the mountain and high up in the sky. And the last things she saw as she was closing her eyes were a patch of moonlight lying across the foot of her bed like a yellow blanket and about a bazillion stars up in the sky.
About the Author
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala has over 135 books in print, published in six different genres—romance, young adult, western, general fiction, women’s fiction and nonfiction. First published in 1991, her industry awards include the Janet Dailey Award, five-time Career Achievement winner, five-time winner of the National Readers’ Choice Award, five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writers’ Award of Excellence, the Heart of Excellence award, the Booksellers Best Award, the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Centennial Award in recognition of her one hundredth published novel. She lives in Oklahoma, the state where she was born.
Website: sharonsalaauthor.com
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Sharon Sala, Left Behind
