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The Legacy, Chapter 3: Echoes
Date: 8/14/2015, Categories: Wife Lovers, Author: stormdog100, Source: LushStories
... had also been his childhood home at Three Oaks. He was five years younger than Beth, but he carried on many of the traditions that Henry had established with the three younger children, such as taking them fishing and riding, teaching them about the outdoors, and sharing all the old stories his father had shared with him and Beth when they were small. He and Beth became dear friends, but never lovers; he did fill some of the void that Henry’s passing had left in her life, however, in those times when Robert was away, and she was grateful for that. She wondered sometimes what would happen to the old place when she and Robert got older; it seemed that both Hank and Elsa had formed a bond to the land, to the old plantation, and she could envision them, brother and sister, one in Henry’s home and the other in hers, each with their families. She hoped that would be the way things turned out…and she thought they might, because things in the South somehow seem to endure; sometimes things that are not so good, but often very fine things as well. She hoped that her ancestral home and the gentle echoes of the lives of the people that had lived and loved there would be one of the things that would endure, because surely it was one of those good things. ***************************************************************************** As always, my thanks to each of you for reading; I hope you enjoyed "The Legacy". Again I'd like to thank MamaScribe, brandylady53, and kscorn079 for their willing help and expertise; your friendship and willingness to share your time, knowledge, and expertise with me is deeply appreciated, and you made the writing of this story much more enjoyable that it would have otherwise been. Thank you.