Surrender to Fate (Fate's Path Part One: A New Adult Romance Series) by Jacelyn Rye Read Free Book Online Page B

Catherine slid across the seat and climbed out of the truck as Henry helped her down. He put his arm around her waist. “Goodnight, Anne. See you tomorrow. This was fun.” Catherine waved as she and Henry started walking to the back of the truck.
    “Yes, it was. Goodnight, Catherine,” Anne hollered back. Sarah knew her mother loved Catherine like a sister. It didn’t seem to matter what the two did, they were always happy to be doing it together.
    William nudged Tommy until he mumbled something indiscernible and reluctantly sat up and blinked in confusion. “Are we home?”
    “Yep, let’s go, Tommy. C’mon, you can go straight in and get to bed,” his father encouraged as Tommy tried to fall back asleep.
    William shook Tommy’s shoulders again until he realized that this would be a battle he wasn’t going to win. “Okay,” he grumbled to his brother, “I’m going!” Tommy could be quite the grouch, and even more so when he was tired, but he managed to hop from the bed of the truck and trudge up the walk.
    Henry walked over to Edward, and shook Edward’s hand. “Goodnight, Edward. Thanks for driving us all. We’ll be seeing you tomorrow, I’m sure.”
    “Sounds good, Henry. No problem at all.”
    Sarah smiled at the obvious brotherhood the two men shared. They had a bond that was undeniable. In fact, Henry swore he owed Edward more than he could ever repay when Edward helped deliver Thomas. Catherine’s pregnancy had been hard from the very beginning. And when she began laboring, it was clear that after more than twelve hours, the baby was not going to come easily. Edward was no doctor, but with the grace of God, and his years of experience helping his livestock during calving season, he had enough of an idea of how to deliver the baby and keep Catherine from bleeding to death. To this day, Henry believes that he saved the life of his wife and his newborn son. He swore to Edward that he would forever be in his debt.
    William jumped over the side of the truck, landed surely on both feet, and looked one more time at Sarah. “Goodnight, everyone,” he called out, as he walked up the path with the rest of his family. Sarah watched him go, and the all too familiar feeling rushed back to her of hating to tell him goodbye.
    “You two doin’ all right back here?” Edward asked Sarah as he leaned into the truck bed to cover them back up. He smiled as he realized that Matty had slept through the whole drop-off. “We’ll be home in just a few minutes.”
    “Yes, Daddy. We’re good.” Sarah smiled back at him. No matter how old she was, she still felt like Daddy’s little girl, a feeling that she hoped would never go away.
    Just as Edward said, they were home within a few minutes and it was time to wake Matty. “Matty...Matty. We’re home,” Sarah gently coaxed.
    “What? Huh?” Matty was just as hard to wake as Tommy, but Sarah loved that he was definitely less irritable about it.
    “C’mon, Matty. I’ll help you.” Sarah helped him navigate to the end of the truck where Edward was there to help them both hop down. Anne shook out the blanket before she began to fold it.
    They all trudged up the walk, got cleaned up and ready for bed, and were asleep shortly after their heads landed on their pillow. All, but Sarah. She lay in the dark staring at the ceiling, listening to Matty’s rhythmic breathing. She replayed the events of the night in her mind. The butterflies still fluttered when she recalled sitting at the soda fountain with Will, and her blood still boiled when she evoked the memory of Margaret trying to ruin her night with Will. She would not soon forget this night. She promised herself that she would never let Margaret spoil another moment of her happiness, ever.

Chapter 10
    Sarah awoke the next morning to sunlight flooding her and Matty’s little room. She reached up and stretched her arms and closed her eyes again. Maybe she could fall back asleep if she hurried. But as soon as she