Chapter 11. The Decision.
The morning sun danced through the open window of the small stone-built cottage. Ruth stretched as she awoke from yet another dream of David Obed. They have been a regular occurrence this past week. As always, the guilt came like a tidal wave, hitting her directly in the chest. As she found herself doing every morning since the arrival of the handsome man in her work cupboard, she thought of Clay, and even how he might have reacted. She also pondered on how her feelings, which were bordering on an obsession in just five working days, would affect Naomi. Ruth loved her mother-in-law, and she would never deliberately do anything to cause her any pain or distress.
Still, the positives this morning were that for the next 9 full days, she would not see David, as s
