![]() The Waltz of Devil’s Creek
-- EXCERPT: The sound of trickling water hit the floorboards beneath me; I sucked in a sharp breath and froze. Joseph’s eyes strayed downward; his brows crumpled in his forehead, and he gawked at me like I’d grown a third eyeball. “Are you…peein’?” he asked as if he couldn’t believe such a thing. “No…I uh…” I couldn’t get the words out, but I sure knew what was going on. I gripped my belly with both hands and sat down on the edge of the bed, fluid dripping down my legs—I’d swore I’d never wear a dress again, but I couldn’t fit into pants anymore. “I think I’m gonna have a baby now, Joseph.” His eyes darted back and forth from my face to the puddle on the floor; he looked as white as the sheet I’d just dressed the bed with. “Oh, umm…what do you…oh shit, Judy, I don’t know what to do. I’ll go get—.” He started for the door to fetch my pa. “Joseph, remember what we talked about,” I said, stopping him in his tracks. “You can do this.” “I remember a brief conversation about who’s gonna deliver this baby,” he said with sarcasm. “But I also remember tellin’ you ain’t no way in hell I can do it. You gotta go to the hospital.” The first wave of pain struck me like somebody done hit me across the lower back with a two-by-four. “Ahh! Oh no, Joseph, this…ahhh!” I gritted my teeth so hard that pain shot through my jaw and into the top of my head. “I can’t go to the hospital…please, you promised.” “What?! I did no such thing!” “Yes, you did! You said: ‘I swear on my life I’ll deliver the baby if nobody else is around to do it’—can’t go back on it now.” He threw his hands up in the air. “Well yeah, I may’ve said that, but it was only to get you off my back about it—I can’t deliver a baby!” “You’re gonna have to!” I cried out in pain again and fell back against the bed; I didn’t know why, but for a moment, I thought about how I’d just made the bed and was annoyed by the awful timing. I heard my pa’s voice from the doorway—he was like the dead arisen, as I hadn’t heard him say much in so long. I clamped my jaw down again, eyes closed so tightly I saw spots dancing on the inside of my eyelids.
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21 Comments
Bea LaRocca
11/20/2020 09:51:22 am
A beautiful cover and an intriguing synopsis and excerpt, this sounds like an emotional and excellent read. Thank you for sharing the book and author details.
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Jon Heil
11/20/2020 12:12:37 pm
Wonder whose floating in the creek this week
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Victoria Alexander
11/20/2020 12:34:38 pm
Great cover!
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Sara Zielinski
11/20/2020 12:45:12 pm
Thank you fore telling me about this book
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Shirley Ann Speakman
11/20/2020 12:59:58 pm
I enjoyed the excerpt the book sounds like a tragic but uplifting read, the cover is very well done too.
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heather
11/20/2020 04:06:28 pm
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heather
11/20/2020 04:06:49 pm
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heather
11/20/2020 04:07:14 pm
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Eva Millien
11/20/2020 05:37:02 pm
Nice to meet you, Justine! I enjoyed the excerpt, sounds like a fantastic read! Thanks for sharing with me and good luck with the blitz!
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DawnM.
11/20/2020 06:06:00 pm
This looks like a great weekend book. Thanks.
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Amy Friedentag
11/20/2020 08:13:06 pm
Beautiful type treatment on the cover. Sounds really good!
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Michele Soyer
11/21/2020 05:44:46 am
I really like historical novels.. this one looks really good....
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shelly peterson
11/21/2020 03:58:20 pm
This sounds really good
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Lisa
11/22/2020 11:43:42 am
Such a beautiful cover.
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Jolanda
11/23/2020 02:33:40 am
Sounds like a great read!
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Stephanie Jones
11/23/2020 02:41:11 am
sounds like a good read!
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Molli Taylor
11/23/2020 03:56:22 pm
this looks like a great read!
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Laurie Nykaza
11/25/2020 09:14:44 pm
Such a beautiful cover and I would love to read it too.
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Cindy Merrill
11/29/2020 08:50:58 am
The plot hits very close to home because my mother wasn't sure who my father is.
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Susan Smith
11/29/2020 02:22:01 pm
I love the cover!
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Soozle
12/2/2020 06:01:45 am
I really enjoyed reading the excerpt; this sounds like a great read
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