Hannah's Remission (Amish Romance) (Amish Circle Series Book 1) Read Online Free Page B

Hannah firmly. “I’m sick and so someone liking me or going steady with someone just isn’t possible. He can like me all he wants but it’s just not going to go anywhere. Not now, not ever.” Hannah knew she sounded very firm and definite when she talked. She just wished that she could convince herself as easily as she thought she had convinced her friends.
    There was a bit of an uncomfortable silence in the kitchen. Hannah stared down at the counter she had been cleaning. Each of the other girls turned back to the task of putting the Sutter kitchen back to rights after their dinner. Hannah felt bad because she hadn’t meant to make her friends uncomfortable about what they were saying to her. These were the most important friends in her life and she always wanted them to feel comfortable talking to her about anything. She felt like most people had no idea what to say to her about being sick and the last thing she had wanted was to upset her friends. But the way she felt about Luke was strange for her and she didn’t understand it either. It was too new and potentially too important to her to let people make jokes about it at this time.
    After a little while, the girls began to chatter again although this time it was about different topics. They loved the chance to socialize and so it was difficult to keep them quiet for long. They talked about a familye they knew who was moving away to one of the other communities and how it would feel to leave their home and everything they had ever known. They talked about some of the differences they had heard about at various Amish communities around the country and how they would feel if they had to live with those same restrictions and changes. Hannah shyly included some of the information that Luke had given her about his time in Ohio. She could tell by the expressions on the other girls’ faces that they knew where the information had come from and that they found it interesting that she knew so much about Luke’s past. This time, though, they kept their opinions and thoughts to themselves.
    Before long, Emma could be heard walking down the stairs and towards the kitchen. The girls were surprised to hear her so soon. Usually she was content to let the friends chatter until late into the night and let Hannah send her friends on their way when she got too tired to carry on socializing.
    “Girls, I hate to ask you to go home but Hannah has a treatment tomorrow and we have to be on our way early. I’m afraid that it’s time for Hannah to be getting to sleep. She can see you tomorrow if she feels well enough to.” The girls nodded, understanding just how much one of her treatments took out of Hannah. One by one, they bid her goodbye with hugs and well-wishes.
    Once her friends had left, Hannah wandered up to her room while her mother prepared the haus for the night. She sat on her bed, her mind racing. Was it possible that Luke liked her as more than just a friend? She knew that she had always enjoyed his company and that when she looked at him these days, her heart seemed to beat a little faster. She worried that he was only being nice to her because he felt obligated to. He had been away so long and she was so ill. She feared he was only acting interested in her because he knew that there was little to no chance that their relationship would go anywhere serious.
    Her heart heavy, Hannah lay down on her side, turned to face the wall, and tried to get some sleep before her appointment in the morning.

Chapter 7
    The Amish taxi bumped over the gravel roads and Hannah closed her eyes. She was feeling a little motion sick but that was not unusual for her. She hated travelling by car. She felt less sick whenever she was travelling by buggy but the rush of the outside world past the windows always made her stomach churn and feel uncomfortable. She swallowed a couple of times and then reopened her eyes. It was never good to go into a chemotherapy appointment already feeling sick to