“It’s been three days since we moved that fence. If Littlefield was going to do anything, he would have done it by now.”He spoke with more confidence than he felt and saw from the look in his friend’s eyes that Luke wasn’t fooled. But he also saw Luke’s struggle. He’d left his wife and kids alone for three days. When Colin left Monday morning, he’d promised to keep an eye on them and handle things around the farm, but he had his own place to run. Jesse pushed back envy. Luke and Colin, though not Amish, lived a peaceful life. They both had families. If Jesse would admit it, he was tired of roaming. Tired of single life. Yet there wasn’t a wife in sight unless he considered Katie, and that was a foolish dream. She’d been good to him and nursed him back to health, but he’d bet all he owned no other man would ever take Samuel’s place. Bishop Miller would see to it.The past three days had been edgy and anxious for all of them. Jesse couldn’t keep himself from searching the horizon, expecting any minute to see a pair of riders heading their way bent on trouble.
