Coveting Love (Jessica Crawford) Read Online Free PDF

The issue was a constant struggle between them.
    Sarah glanced at Amy, who only shrugged. Sarah was not going to get any help from her. It figured. They were friends through and through. Sarah gave up.
    Jessica nudged her friend with her shoulder as they walked through the door. “You certainly seem to be in a happy mood all of a sudden,” she said.
    “ You were right. A little motherly love was just what I needed to lift my spirits. That and a really good apple pie,” she said, sniffing the air and laughing. “That is heaven I smell coming from the kitchen.”
    “ It’s ready whenever you are,” Sarah tossed back over her shoulder as she disappeared through the door with a load of suitcases in either arm.
    “ I can’t wait,” Amy said. “I’ll be ready just as soon as I unpack my things.”
    Jessica glided quietly up behind her mother and kissed her lightly on the cheek. Sarah smiled, turning to face her daughter. She was so proud of her. She worked hard at her job and was good at it.
    “ So then, what’s up with Amy?” Sarah blurted out.
    Jessica, taken aback by her mother’s intuitiveness, said, “What do you mean? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    Sarah eyed her suspiciously, assessing her expression. Jessica looked quickly away. Sarah narrowed her eyes. “She seems quiet, and disturbed about something.”
    “ That’s sweet of you to worry, Mom, but don’t. Amy will be all right. She just has a lot on her mind right now. Just give her some time and a little love. She will be just fine, and of course, maybe some of that apple pie.”
    Sarah smiled in reply, but she was not that easily convinced by her daughter’s dismissive reply. Inwardly she sighed, but held her tongue. “Well, I sure hope so. You know Amy is just like a daughter to me. I don’t like to see her unhappy.”
    “ I think Amy is lucky to have you to care about her.”
    “ Could you reach up there and get my good china cups down. I can never reach those things.”
    Jessica glanced up toward the cups resting on the top shelf. “Why don’t you just put them on a lower shelf?” she asked, as she took them from their resting place on the shelf and placed them carefully on the tray, and then added, “What do you do when I‘m not here?”
    Sarah grinned at her. “Easy, I just don’t use them.” She picked up the tray of coffee and cups and walked from the room, leaving Jessica laughing behind her.
    Amy was just coming down the stairs when Jessica entered the living room. She noted the amused expression on the two women's faces. “I didn’t realize making coffee could be so much fun,” she said, narrowing her eyes in suspicion. “Did I miss something?”
    Jessica shook her head. “Nothing important. Mom and I were just catching up, that’s all.”
    Amy raised her eyebrows and looked pointedly at Jessica, the unspoken accusation pungent in the air. Jessica shook her head and looked away. She knew Amy could see right through her. She would let her know that she had not revealed her secret, later.
    “ I forgot the pie,” Jessica said, thus allowing herself to escape to the kitchen.
    “ So, Sarah, what’s new in your life?”
    “ There’s never anything new in my life,” Sarah teased. It’s mostly just the same old thing. I have been doing quite a few handicrafts, with the help of Mrs. Burke. We’re getting ready for the spring bazaar at the church. Rev. Clarke thinks this year’s bazaar will be a good one. He hopes to raise a lot of money for the church.”
    “ Does Mrs. Davis still head that affair?” Jessica asked, offering plates of pie to Sarah and Amy. She had fond memories of Mrs. Davis, but she imagined by now she must be too old to do the job.
    Mrs. Davis, aside from her own mother, had always been one of Jessica’s favorite “Ladies of the Lord” as the congregation had so fondly referred to them. If anyone ever deserved the name, it was these women. They were a tireless group. If there was