Chapter 116

Hope gave Mr. Garner, the bank teller, a wave, thinking she should come back in a few days and open an account here. She would need some place to keep her money safe, both the amount she'd brought with her and the money she'd be earning soon, but she didn't want to trouble Mr. Garner with it now, especially not with so many people standing around. What she really wanted to do was climb back into the wagon and insist that Brady take her back to his mother's house so she could go lie down in the small bed she'd just inherited. Either that or back to the train station.

"It was lovely to meet all of you," Hope said as she headed for the door, the women seeming to hang on her as she went.

"We are looking forward to seeing you at church Sunday," one of the women said.

"Yes, please say you'll be there," added another.

"Oh, yes, of course, assuming you mean Mrs. Howard's church?" Hope replied, glad to be outside in the sunshine where at least she could breathe.