Tom and Kathleen smiled at each other over the top of Meggie’s head as the train rolled westward out of the windy city.
Kathleen held on to her little girls hand and put her head back and closed her eyes. She remembered Tom’s words spoken only moments before to John and Maria:
“You’ll get to see Kathleen and Meggie often, as well as Caleb and me. The whole family!”
Kathleen smiled to herself and placed her hand over her abdomen, thinking, Time enough to get back to Virginia City before I tell Tom and the children the new secret I’m hiding in my heart!
This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
SECRETS OF THE HEART
Mail Order Bride Series #1
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Lacy, Al.
Secrets of the heart/by Al and JoAnna Lacy.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-56912-7
I. Lacy, JoAnna. II. Title.
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