02-17-2023, 06:26 PM
Ruth had been dealing with quite a bit. First, her husband was trying to threaten taking Jacob away after showing no interest whatsoever in his child after he'd abandoned her 7 months into the pregnancy. Now Jacob was learning to crawl and sitting up on his own, and she had been the one to see it all. It hurt that Angus could miss all that so willingly before telling her that he would try to take him away.
Then there was the fact that she had been fallen in love with a man who wasn't her husband, and while Angus had been indiscreet many times since leaving her, she knew that she couldn't just kiss another person and feel right about it no matter how much she loathed the man she didn't know she wasn't actually legally married to.
To top it all off, the man whose affection she craved the most was in his own world mourning the loss of his wife and child who had been gone for some time before she came into the picture.
The people in his household treated her and Jacob so kindly, she had a roof over her head and her son was flourishing because of HER hard work, and HER dedication, but not without their help or the help of her parents who she would visit with Jacob most weekends that she had free since Jacob was too adorable to resist loving. And although she would have left him with them on that day, one of her friends had asked if Ruth could let her child play with him. Ruth, needing a break and not wanting to burden her mother and father (even if Lottie might insist on taking the adored boy), she knew they had enough going on too so she accepted the friend's offer and sent a message to her parents she would be by later.
At the moment, she was taking a long and much needed walk. She needed the fresh air and the sky was as clear as it was going to get for where they were at, the weather was not too cool though she wore the shawl she'd knitted for herself in her spare time. The market had been too crowded for her to want to stick around for very long but she wanted to get some things for the rapidly growing baby while she was out and therefore quickly stocked up on fabric for nappies as well as other essentials.
Ahh, but the cool air felt good on her face. It was nice to have a chance to breathe. She was still oblivious to the fact that her brother was home, though she was thinking about him among the other things.
Then there was the fact that she had been fallen in love with a man who wasn't her husband, and while Angus had been indiscreet many times since leaving her, she knew that she couldn't just kiss another person and feel right about it no matter how much she loathed the man she didn't know she wasn't actually legally married to.
To top it all off, the man whose affection she craved the most was in his own world mourning the loss of his wife and child who had been gone for some time before she came into the picture.
The people in his household treated her and Jacob so kindly, she had a roof over her head and her son was flourishing because of HER hard work, and HER dedication, but not without their help or the help of her parents who she would visit with Jacob most weekends that she had free since Jacob was too adorable to resist loving. And although she would have left him with them on that day, one of her friends had asked if Ruth could let her child play with him. Ruth, needing a break and not wanting to burden her mother and father (even if Lottie might insist on taking the adored boy), she knew they had enough going on too so she accepted the friend's offer and sent a message to her parents she would be by later.
At the moment, she was taking a long and much needed walk. She needed the fresh air and the sky was as clear as it was going to get for where they were at, the weather was not too cool though she wore the shawl she'd knitted for herself in her spare time. The market had been too crowded for her to want to stick around for very long but she wanted to get some things for the rapidly growing baby while she was out and therefore quickly stocked up on fabric for nappies as well as other essentials.
Ahh, but the cool air felt good on her face. It was nice to have a chance to breathe. She was still oblivious to the fact that her brother was home, though she was thinking about him among the other things.
