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    Annie's Story: Brides of Fall River: Fall River Saga, #4
    Annie's Story: Brides of Fall River: Fall River Saga, #4
    Annie's Story: Brides of Fall River: Fall River Saga, #4
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    Annie's Story: Brides of Fall River: Fall River Saga, #4

    By Chloe Emile

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    Book 1: The Fall River Family Saga

    Book 2: Meghan's Story

    Book 3: Molly's Story

    Book 4: Annie's Story 

     

    Mid to late 1800s, Fall River, Massachusetts. 

     

    Annie Lochlan's family wonders if she will ever wed. Her sisters are all married to fine gentlemen, but Annie has always had her head in the clouds.

     

    Travis Sullivan, a friend from her school days, is the only man she notices, but he's too shy to approach her—until his ten-year-old nephew inadvertently plays cupid.

    But a tragedy divides the Lochlans and the Sullivans. Will Annie be able to forgive Travis and finally allow herself to love him?

     

    Annie's Story is a standalone novella (21,200 words). Annie is Abby and Ryan's caughter from The Fall River Family Saga. This is her own love story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChloe Emile Romance
    Release dateOct 17, 2015
    ISBN9781519907998
    Annie's Story: Brides of Fall River: Fall River Saga, #4

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      Annie's Story - Chloe Emile

      Chapter One

      1800s, Fall River, Massachusetts

      I was christened Anna Margarete Lochlan, but everyone always called me Annie. I grew up on our family farm in Fall River, Massachusetts with my two sisters and twin brothers. My sisters and I were part of a set of fraternal triplets.

      When I close my eyes, I can still feel my childhood as though it were only yesterday, yet I know that is not the case. Many years have passed since those early days when we were all on the farm.

      I recall how much I loved the piano. I wanted to learn how to play it. Mama had arranged for Agatha Sullivan to teach me how to play, and in return, I would help Miss Agatha with her canning for the season. The Sullivan farm was north of ours and a bit bigger. Miss Agatha had six sons, all single, and they worked the farm. Since their father had passed, the winter before I started my lessons, the boys had run the farm for their mother.

      I knew the youngest son, Travis. He was in my class at school for a short time before he left to work on the farm full-time. I remember when I first saw him—his sandy blond hair and those green eyes that seemed to hypnotize me when he looked at me. He was the only one in the family with that eye color. He was handsome, but like me, he was shy.

      When we were still in school together, every Wednesday after school I’d walk to Miss Agatha’s, and Travis would come with me. We would talk about classes or homework assignments. It made the long walk seem shorter, and I always looked forward to Wednesdays.

      We came out of our shells when we were alone together, although the shyness was still there. Now, looking back, I realize we probably liked each other and didn’t know how to express it.

      At the Sullivans’ house, Miss Agatha taught me piano for an hour, and I helped with canning for half an hour after that. I loved the piano, and Miss Agatha said I was getting very good at it. Life then seemed simple and good. I never thought it would all come to a crashing end, but it did.

      The news came fast: on April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired on, and two days later, the Rebel flag was flying over the fort. Men and young boys were answering the call. Seventy-five thousand men joined the union army.

      The three older Sullivan boys went the first week. A grand total of 146,000 men from Massachusetts joined the cause and rallied for the nation. Each day, news of the battles would come to the telegraph office, letting us know what was happening and what battles were being fought.

      Around the time the three older Sullivan brothers went off to war, the younger three, including Travis, had to drop out of school to take care of the farm. To help the cause, Mama and the other ladies kept themselves busy with sewing. Charity functions raised money to help the families of those brave men who were killed in the battles.

      At one of the charity balls, when we were both fourteen, I saw Travis standing by the wall, looking glum and not asking any girls to dance. I wasn’t talkative. My sisters were the chatty ones. I had spent most of the night in the field next to the barn where the ball was held, watching the night sky. I always loved the night sky. Something about the moon and the stars just fascinated me. I preferred it to a busy party.

      Travis left early. He came out of the barn and had started down past the field when he noticed me. He thought I’d fallen and needed help, so he rushed over. Are you all right?

      I looked up into his beautiful green eyes. They were hypnotizing, and I had to quickly snap out of it. Yes. Why are you asking such a foolish question?

      Well, ma’am, I saw you on the ground and…

      I must have looked strange, staring at the stars. I smiled and started to laugh. Maybe I should explain. I sat up. I was looking up at the night sky. Ever since I was a little girl, my mother would tell us about the gypsy dancing in the moonlight. By the look on his face, I could tell I had confused him. It was a story told to her by her mother. We had the gypsy story from Mama, and from my father, I had story of the wee folk.

      The wee folk?

      Papa came from Ireland, and they have the little people who come out at… I looked at him and decided not to describe the story any further. I’ll just leave it at that. I just love looking at the night sky.

      So do I. I mean, the stars are always twinkling. They look like diamonds up there.

      I looked up and then back to him again. You’re right. I never thought of them that way. They do look like diamonds.

      I started to smile.

      His eyes crinkled when he smiled back. You have a nice smile, ma’am.

      So do you.

      Would you like to have me walk you home? It’s not far out of my way.

      That would be very nice.

      We started down the road side by side. It felt like old times. It had been a few years since he’d been in school. We walked and talked probably more than he’d done with anyone in his life. Travis had always been quiet. I rarely saw him talk to any other girls for very long.

      Unfortunately, after that, I didn’t get a chance to talk at length with him for almost ten years. It took a young boy inadvertently playing cupid to bring us together again.

      Chapter Two

      The four years of war were long. Sometimes we would see a soldier walking up the road, going home, wherever that was. They were tired and hungry. All they wanted was to be back home with their families. We tried to do all we could.

      My mama was a great person. She had a way of making everyone feel welcome. There wasn’t a soldier who passed by our road whom she didn’t offer a smile, a place to rest from their journey, and food. She treated them with kindness and respect since, after all, they were the returning heroes. But some of those young men never came back. Some of the ones who lived had lost their minds.

      Papa had thought about joining, but Mama convinced him otherwise. They didn’t have arguments but rather discussions, as Mama called them. My brothers were too young to join, and for that, we were all glad.

      The war finally ended, and life slowly

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