Page 152 (1/2)

“For Baby?”

He snorts “She’s got a built-in wool scarf”

“Could it be…me?”

He glances up for a moment, his lovely lips pursed in o wash my hands

He’s quiet for the next few hours Markedly so I read a bit as he knits The scarf is coentle hands, running his fingers through my hair as he looks down at me

“Does it suit me?” I murmur

“I think it does”

We share a simple kiss, and he helps me into my coat I toss a spare pair of needles intoquickly to outpace the un to bear down on me at odd moments

His ship departs in near teeks…

I ree, that Saturday night means I can’t return to hi I can do On Sundayto and from church Were I to walk down from Gammy’s, I’d be noticed in an instant

My heart is heavy as I enter the post office through the unlocked front door On Saturday evenings, the packaging roo spot I find Holly, Anna, Dot, Rachel, and Blair sitting in a row of rocking chairs that eriatric

“Fancy you should join us” Holly looks up from her cross-stitch

I glance at the?”

Dot sighs “We all knocked all afternoon, trying to tell you we’d be starting early”

My gut clenches