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without asking for permission first.”
    Shani nodded. “Good choice.”
    â€œThe woman pulled the laundry off the line while she held the baby on her hip and the older girl helped,” Zane said. “The dad and boys kept leading cows into the barn and then back out.”
    â€œThey’re doing the milking,” Shani said.
    As they neared the end of the field he said, “It’s cool there are other kids nearby.”
    Shani didn’t think the Amish children would be allowed to play with him, but she didn’t want to disappoint him so soon. She reached out and tousled his hair. He’d be taller than her soon, maybe even in a few months. Life had been so crazy lately she hadn’t kept up with how much he was changing. Hopefully she would be able to enjoy the year ahead with him. “Can you sit with your dad while I sign some papers for the movers?”
    He nodded. “What’s for dinner?”
    She hadn’t thought that far. “I’ll find some takeout.”
    Zane increased his pace as they rounded the corner of the field toward the house. “I’m tired of pizza.”
    Shani groaned. “Definitely a failure on my part,” she joked, although she was partly serious. They ate takeout way too much. That was one of the things she hoped to improve with their move. “Go check on your dad, okay? He’s in the back bedroom.”
    Zane ran up the steps to the porch, as the two movers came out. “There you are,” the driver said, holding out a clipboard. The other mover continued on down to the truck.
    After she signed the papers, the driver said he hoped her family would be happy in Lancaster County. As he bounded down the stairs, tears stung Shani’s eyes. That was all she wanted.
    She swiped at her eyes and turned toward the house. Zane stood in the front doorway. “Dad said he didn’t want company. He’s sitting in the dark, drumming his fingers on the arm of his chair.”
    â€œOkay,” Shani said. “I’ll go ask him what he wants to eat.”
    â€œI’m not staying here while you’re gone.” Zane zipped his jacket. “I’m going with you.”
    Shani nodded. It wasn’t that Joel couldn’t stay by himself. She just didn’t like it when he did. But she’d soon be back to work and Zane would be in school.
    Joel would be by himself plenty then.

 3 
    L ila slipped the baby into the high chair while Eve pulled the roast from the oven. Tim and the boys would soon be in for supper.
    First the moving truck had come and left and then the neighbors had driven away in their van, probably to get something to eat. She wished she’d made two roasts and left one for them, but it was too late now.
    She wondered what the woman thought of the quilt on the bed. She’d mentioned her idea to give it away to Tim but he’d hardly acknowledged what she’d said. Obviously, like with so many things, he didn’t care.
    â€œThey’re coming back,” Rose called out from the front room.
    â€œWhat are you talking about?” Lila stepped to the open archway between the two rooms.
    â€œThe new neighbors. In that van.”
    â€œRose,” Eve said, “stop spying.”
    â€œI’m not,” the girl said. “I’m just standing at our window.”
    It had been a long time since they’d had neighbors to watch. Old Man Williams hadn’t done much in the area of coming and going.
    â€œCome finish setting the table,” Eve said.
    Rose skipped into the living room, her braids bouncing on her shoulders. She grinned as her eyes met her Aenti’s. She wasn’t quite as gregarious as Simon, but nearly so. She’d just started her first year of the school the Amish children attended and enjoyed the recess and lunchtime the most, unlike Lila, who soaked up all the learning she could.
    Eve turned back toward the stove and pulled the biscuits