Chapter Five
Jolie was hanging laundry on line outside. She was just about finished, Hannah thought as she peered out the window. After the two ate lunch and rested, there’d be plenty more chores for her sister to do. The older Hannah figured that keeping her sister busy kept her out of trouble. Since the fiasco in town, she’d kept a close eye on Jolie’s whereabouts. Although Jolie wasn’t happy about the situation, she said little to rouse Hannah, and that was a good thing. She might have boxed her ears herself or taken a switch to her behind had she misbehaved again.
Hannah had returned to chopping vegetables when she heard the sound of footsteps on the porch behind her, “What took you so long, girl?” she called out to Jolie.
“Hannah, shush!” Jolie’s small voice was barely above a wh
