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Оглавление“Was the village Susanna’s idea?”
Now bent over his work, Justice shrugged. “It was a group plan.” The hint of red coloring his ears betrayed him.
“It was your idea.”
He shrugged again, this time adding a little smile as though pleased she’d uncovered the truth.
“How clever, Justice. And so thoughtful to do something like this for the children.” Especially since you have none of your own. The thought made her heart ache. Despite her wretched marriage, the Lord had blessed her with two precious children.
“It’s not something I came up with on my own.” He cleared his throat. “I saw villages like this one in Germany the Christmas I spent in Europe.” A frown replaced his smile, and he hunched over the bench as though finished with the conversation.
She longed to touch his shoulder, to give it a reassuring squeeze as she did Gerard’s or Isabelle’s when they needed encouragement. But this was no child, however boyish his eagerness to please the children of Esperanza. This was the man who could arrest her and send her back to her debtors.
