Page 20 of Mail Order Marvelous
“It sounds like it.I think you were afraid of him at first.”
“I was.I’m not now.I’ve never seen him really angry, though, and that may change.”
“I don’t think it will.I’m so glad you found a man who makes you comfortable.”
“Me too.I was very worried on the way here.”Josie shook her head.“I really can’t believe I had the guts to get on that train.I almost turned tail a dozen times on the way here.”
“That’s a big part of the reason I wanted to travel together.I thought you would be able to be brave if we were together.”
Josie sighed.“You’re right.I probably wouldn’t have come without you.I know it’s silly, but...”
“It’s not silly at all.My family life was very different from yours.”Myrtle shook her head.“I’m surprised you were ever able to let a man touch you with the way your stepfather was.”
“He only hit me a few times, though.”
“That doesn’t matter.You saw how he treated your mother.”
“I did.I’ve learned not to compare Jack with him.It helps me.”
“Aaron is so excited to have so much time in the sawmill right now,” Myrtle said, changing the subject.“He’s thankful for all the men who are paying him back by trading shifts.He said he’s gotten the best end of the deal he didn’t know he was making.”
Josie laughed.“He probably has.”
