Status Updates From A Stranger on My Land (Civi...

Just wanted to read something easy over the weekend, so here I am. :)

When you kinda read ahead and you know everything else that's gonna happen... *cough*

Doubts began to creep inside her heart. What if Dr. Hastings didn’t have enough knowledge and experience to help Adam? This seemed unlikely as the man had to be at least forty. If he had practiced medicine all these years, surely the war years would have provided the necessary experience by now. What if the bullets couldn’t be found? Would the arm be removed?

The cold air caused her to shiver until the brisk climb toward the cabin warmed her. A winding wagon road passed about fifty feet from her home to the foot of the mountain. It didn’t go near the cave. Southern troops had camped about a mile from her home during the autumn.Had the soldiers been further away, she might have been able to stay there.

“But we prayed the war wouldn’t start either, and it did. We prayed Papa wouldn’t have to choose a side to fight on, and he did. We prayed that Union soldiers would stay away from our mountain.” He rested his elbows on his knees and leaned his face on his hands. “I reckon we’re not too good at praying.”