“I’m sorry I kissed you. I took the role playing too far.”
Her breath caught in her throat. He did. He took it too far. Way too far. He was courting Rachel.
“Jah, you did. And I won’t tell Rachel. I don’t think she’d ever understand.”
“Nee. She wouldn’t.”
“We’ll forget about it.” Which was going to be hard, Lindy admitted to herself. But she would do it. Of course, she would do it. Robert was Rachel’s, and she wasn’t about to interfere with that. And Lindy had a mission, and her mission was Berta.
“All right,” Robert agreed. “We’ll forget about it. I won’t keep this up much longer, Lindy. A day or so. That’s all. Then, I’ll be Robert again.”
“It’s best.”
He smiled at her and left the room. She stood very still, listening to his retreating footsteps, listening to the grandfather clock ticking in the other room, listening to the rooster outside who crowed at all the wrong times.
Yes, she was going to be all right. She was going to give Berta all the love and attention she could. And then, when it was time, she would say a sweet good-bye to the precious woman.
She thought of Reuben. Of who she’d thought he was. And who he really was, which seemed to be two very different things. Once again, she wondered how she could have been so wrong about someone. Was she so in love with him that she simply turned a blind eye? Or was she so in love with the idea of being in love?
She didn’t know. Nor did it matter at this point. She took in a long deep breath and walked to the kitchen counter and leaned against it. But it did matter. She couldn’t delude herself about that. And she had loved him. Truth was, it was likely Reuben would always have a tender place in her heart. Or at least, the Reuben she’d thought he was, would have a place in her heart.
Funny how things changed. How life changed. She thought of Berta. She remembered how Eliza at the Feed & Supply had mentioned that it hadn’t been so long ago when Berta was doing her own chores. And now? Berta could barely sit up, let alone bustle around tending a farmhouse and a garden.
A huge wave of sadness rolled over Lindy, and she closed her eyes with the heaviness of it. It was all right, though, wasn’t it? Life… Wasn’t this the way of things? And wasn’t God watching over all of them? Couldn’t Lindy still put her trust in Him?
So many, many things had changed.
Ach, Reuben…
Lindy shook her head and opened her eyes. Reuben had his own path to walk, she supposed. And no one could walk it for him. He’d made his own decisions, and her opinion didn’t really play into them. At least, not anymore.
They were no longer a couple. It would take some getting used to.
But she would love again. She would.
Deep inside, she felt certain of it. Who it would be—she had no idea. When it would happen—she had no idea. And right then, it didn’t matter.
Not really.
She raised her chin, straightened her back, and walked quietly into the front room to check on Berta.
The End
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Lindy bit her lip, not knowing what to say. Her sister Rachel looked at her expectantly. “Well? What did Reuben tell you?”
“Um, he…” She hesitated. A surge of anger rose in Lindy’s chest, but she ignored it. She didn’t blame Robert for impersonating his twin brother Reuben. His motivation was pure, and she couldn’t really fault him for pretending to be his twin on his mother’s deathbed. Robert didn’t want his mother to die without seeing Reuben one last time.
Since Reuben was being so horrid and callous about it, Robert had taken matters into his own hands. The twins were so identical that they’d pulled off the switch more than once in their lives. Yet, in the past it had always been in fun.
This wasn’t fun.
And Lindy didn’t want to lie to her sister about it. But she hardly felt right about revealing Robert’s duplicity. That was up to him. And since he was courting Rachel, he should tell her he was impersonating Reuben, but he wasn’t planning to tell her.
Lindy had guessed at the ruse since she knew Reuben so well. Reuben had been courting her before he’d taken off to Ohio and ended up living fancy. She swallowed past her heartache. She and Reuben weren’t courting anymore. She could hardly have a beau who’d gone over to the Englisch world.
“Lindy!” Rachel said sternly. “Your head’s in the clouds. You never answered me.”
Lindy gave a start. “Sorry. Reuben said that Robert will be back soon, and then he’ll return to Ohio to help his cousin.”
Help his cousin. In truth, it had started that way. Reuben had gone to Ohio to help Otto with his crops and the harvest. But something had gone wrong. Lindy still didn’t understand why Reuben had suddenly left Otto’s farm and gone off to get a job at a hamburger place and live in an apartment.
It turned her stomach. And the way she was lying right then to her own sister, filled her with anguish. She wasn’t a liar. Never had been.
“So, Robert will be back right soon.” Rachel smiled. “I’m eager for him to come home. He was supposed to give me a buggy ride.”
“Jah. I know.”
“Do you think he’s still mad at me?”
“Rachel, I don’t know.” Lindy tried to hide her exasperation.
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