Jessamine’s Journal_The Alphabet Mail-Order Brides by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

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When Jessie woke the next morning, she was more determined than ever to be a perfect wife to Bob. She would spend the day cooking and cleaning, and when she was finished with all of that, she would begin planning her lessons for when school started.

By the time Bob woke, she had bacon, eggs, and toast ready for him. She poured his coffee before sitting down across from him. “Do you want me to fix lunch today?” she asked. She was determined to be happy in his presence, even though she was dying inside.

“No, you spend that time either writing or planning your lessons. I’ll come home and take you to the diner.”

Even her cooking wasn’t good enough. Jessie wondered how long it would take before he wanted to eat every meal at the diner again. She didn’t tell him how she felt. She knew the folly of that. No, she would suffer silently. It was her lot in life apparently.

Once he’d left for the day, Jessie gathered their dirty clothes and started on the laundry. He had a clothesline off to one side of the barber shop, and she would use it to dry the clothes. There was little space to do much outside, and she was grateful for that luxury.

Jessie baked a cake for supper and she tried to make chili for the first time. She hoped she’d done well with the spices, but if not, she would just try again. She would perfect it and everything else. How else could she get Bob to fall in love with her?

At lunchtime he noticed that all of their laundry was on the line as he climbed the stairs to take her to the diner. “You’ve been busy today!” He took a sniff and almost fell to his knees. Whatever she’d baked that morning was going to be the highlight of his day. He could already tell. “Are you ready to go?”

She nodded, removing her apron and hanging it on a hook. “Let’s go. I’m hungry.”

She took the arm he offered when they got to the street, knowing it was all for show. For some reason he wanted people to think they had the perfect marriage, even though he hated to touch her. She would happily play along because the truth was, she didn’t want anyone to know what a difficult time she was having. She wanted to appear to have the perfect marriage too.

When they walked in, Jessie saw that the special was fried chicken. “Is their fried chicken any good?”

He nodded. “It’s so much better than my mother’s.”

“Isn’t everything better than your mother’s?” she asked, a cheeky grin on her face.

He laughed. “Yes!”

They both ordered the special, and he told her about a little boy who had come in that day after his three-year-old sister had taken a pair of scissors to his hair. There had been spots where it had looked almost like it had been shaved, and was still long in other places. The boy was only eighteen months old, and he’d had blond curls all over his head.

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