As Time Goes By (The Californians 2) by Lori Wick Page B
Authors: Lori Wick
Tags: Fiction, Historical fiction, General, Romance, Historical, Christian fiction, Religious, Christian, Frontier and Pioneer Life - California, INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE
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congratulations on your having acquired a won derful sister-in-law." Bobbie winked at Marcail on these words.
"Thank you," Rigg said as his own eyes began to sparkle. His father had said it was going to be fun having Bobbie around and he could already see why.
"Oh, I guess I should also offer my best wishes, since you now have a wife, and a baby on the way." Bobbie said this as though it had just come to mind.
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Rigg, caught up in the spirit of Bobbie's teasing, bowed to her most formally and asked how the job was going.
"Very well, thank you. Most of it is routine, but the code system your father uses, along with all the different faces and names of the customers, is going to take awhile for me to learn."
"Something tells me you'll catch on with no trouble at
all. We better go, Marc, so we can help with supper." '"Bye, Bobble. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow."
"I'll look forward to it," Bobbie told Marcail as she walked them to the door.
The clock on the wall told her it was past closing time, so Bobbie put the sign out and shut the front door. With the sun sinking rapidly it was growing chilly outside. Bobbie thought she best get home before it grew much darker.
"Mr. Taylor," Bobbie called softly through his office door, "I'm going to go now. I'll see you in the morning."
The door opened before she could walk away and Bill stepped out. "Thanks, Bobbie, for all your work."
"It was my pleasure. Do you want me at the same time tomorrow?"
"Yes. I think you should plan on working the same hours as you did today, except for Saturdays. Some of those you'll have off and on others you'll work until noon. And of course we're closed on Sunday."
Bobbie looked a little surprised to learn she would have some Saturdays off. Bill figured she was used to working an office where there was little or no help at all and having to put in ten-hour days for at least six and possibly seven days a week.
'All right, Mr. Taylor. I'll see you in the morning. Good night."
"Good night, Bobbie."
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Bobbie's step was light as she walked the distance home. It had been a long day, but she was pleased with her work and believed her employer to be also. Still praying and thanking God for the way He provides and cares, Bobbie walked up the steps of her house.
Rigg and Marcail headed right home as planned and entered the warmth of the house through the back door. This put them in the kitchen, where they hung their coats on hooks and then moved to help Kaitlin with supper.
Sean, who lived with his sister and brother-in-law, just as Marcail did, was nowhere to be seen. Marcail assumed his job and set the table. Kaitlin was stirring over a large pot and Rigg slipped his arms around her for a brief moment.
"Let me do this."
Kate surrendered the spoon easily. "Thanks, Rigg. Did you guys see Sean?"
"Isn't he here?" Rigg's face darkened with concern and some suspicion.
"No. I think he said he had to work today."
Rigg's face clouded with very real anger and his wife put her hand on his arm.
"He wasn't scheduled to work today and he didn't even come in to check. How did he think to get away with such a lie, Kate?" Rigg's voice had turned from anger to anguish over this betrayal. "He knew I would be at the store and he would be found out."
"I don't know, Rigg. There's just no figuring him out these days." Kate's voice was weary, and as always her father's face came to mind.
Sometimes it was hard to believe that just a year ago she had been living with her family in Hawaii. A wonderful, almost idyllic life. Her parents had been missionaries. Kate had lived there nearly all her life, and both Sean and Marcail had been born in Hawaii. Now things were so different.
Her parents had surprised her on her twentieth birthday by announcing they would be taking a furlough. They had sailed to California and stayed with her Aunt Maureen Kent, her father's older sister.
The trip had a wonderful beginning but it hadn't taken
"Thank you," Rigg said as his own eyes began to sparkle. His father had said it was going to be fun having Bobbie around and he could already see why.
"Oh, I guess I should also offer my best wishes, since you now have a wife, and a baby on the way." Bobbie said this as though it had just come to mind.
As Time Goes By 71
Rigg, caught up in the spirit of Bobbie's teasing, bowed to her most formally and asked how the job was going.
"Very well, thank you. Most of it is routine, but the code system your father uses, along with all the different faces and names of the customers, is going to take awhile for me to learn."
"Something tells me you'll catch on with no trouble at
all. We better go, Marc, so we can help with supper." '"Bye, Bobble. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow."
"I'll look forward to it," Bobbie told Marcail as she walked them to the door.
The clock on the wall told her it was past closing time, so Bobbie put the sign out and shut the front door. With the sun sinking rapidly it was growing chilly outside. Bobbie thought she best get home before it grew much darker.
"Mr. Taylor," Bobbie called softly through his office door, "I'm going to go now. I'll see you in the morning."
The door opened before she could walk away and Bill stepped out. "Thanks, Bobbie, for all your work."
"It was my pleasure. Do you want me at the same time tomorrow?"
"Yes. I think you should plan on working the same hours as you did today, except for Saturdays. Some of those you'll have off and on others you'll work until noon. And of course we're closed on Sunday."
Bobbie looked a little surprised to learn she would have some Saturdays off. Bill figured she was used to working an office where there was little or no help at all and having to put in ten-hour days for at least six and possibly seven days a week.
'All right, Mr. Taylor. I'll see you in the morning. Good night."
"Good night, Bobbie."
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Bobbie's step was light as she walked the distance home. It had been a long day, but she was pleased with her work and believed her employer to be also. Still praying and thanking God for the way He provides and cares, Bobbie walked up the steps of her house.
Rigg and Marcail headed right home as planned and entered the warmth of the house through the back door. This put them in the kitchen, where they hung their coats on hooks and then moved to help Kaitlin with supper.
Sean, who lived with his sister and brother-in-law, just as Marcail did, was nowhere to be seen. Marcail assumed his job and set the table. Kaitlin was stirring over a large pot and Rigg slipped his arms around her for a brief moment.
"Let me do this."
Kate surrendered the spoon easily. "Thanks, Rigg. Did you guys see Sean?"
"Isn't he here?" Rigg's face darkened with concern and some suspicion.
"No. I think he said he had to work today."
Rigg's face clouded with very real anger and his wife put her hand on his arm.
"He wasn't scheduled to work today and he didn't even come in to check. How did he think to get away with such a lie, Kate?" Rigg's voice had turned from anger to anguish over this betrayal. "He knew I would be at the store and he would be found out."
"I don't know, Rigg. There's just no figuring him out these days." Kate's voice was weary, and as always her father's face came to mind.
Sometimes it was hard to believe that just a year ago she had been living with her family in Hawaii. A wonderful, almost idyllic life. Her parents had been missionaries. Kate had lived there nearly all her life, and both Sean and Marcail had been born in Hawaii. Now things were so different.
Her parents had surprised her on her twentieth birthday by announcing they would be taking a furlough. They had sailed to California and stayed with her Aunt Maureen Kent, her father's older sister.
The trip had a wonderful beginning but it hadn't taken
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