CHAPTER 1
The leaves rustled in the trees, a sure sign of autumn.
Ruby stood up from the table and stretched. Time to get back to work. She smiled at her employer. “Thanks for the cinnamon rolls.”
“Well now.” Connie bustled to the table to clear Ruby’s dishes. “If Grandma Lucy’s still asleep and doesn’t need anything, you’re welcome to sit a spell longer and keep me company. My back’s about wore out, milking all those goats today. Care for a game of cards?”
Ruby smiled. She had never worked for a kinder woman. God must have heard her when she asked him for a better job than her position as a floor nurse at County Hospital.
It was the first real answer to prayer she’d experienced in the few months she’d been a Christian. She got up from the table after promising a round of rummy later.
