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will be fine once Will finds out about the party.”
     
    “I doubt things will ever be fine as long as Will keeps acting so jealous,” Cindy said. “He acts jealous every time he sees Leroy in the same room with Karen.”
     
    “A bit of jealousy isn’t always a bad thing,” Mom said. “When a man acts jealous, it means he cares for you.”
     
    “I’m sure I can make Will see that I have no interest in Leroy,” Karen said. “Right now I’m more worried about what I should do about him thinking I don’t want to have supper with him on his birthday.”
     
    “Since Will’s mamm is helping you plan the surprise party, it might be a good idea to talk to her about this,” Mom suggested. She handed Karen some antibiotic cream and a box of bandages. “I’m sure everything will work out.”
     

     
    “I thought maybe the two of us could call on a few of our friends after we leave church in Cousin Emma’s district today,” Regina said to Mark as they finished eating breakfast.
    “I’ll go to church with you, but I don’t think I’ll feel up to any visiting afterwards,” he said.
     
    “How come? Are you feeling
grank?
”
     
    “I’m not sick, but my back’s really sore, and I think I’d better spend the afternoon resting so I’ll be able to get the milking done this evening.”
     
    “I’m sorry about your back. Have you rubbed arnica lotion on it?”
     
    “Not yet, but I will after breakfast. Thought I’d put an ice pack on my back, too.”
     
    “That’s a good idea.”
     
    Mark glanced toward the door leading upstairs. “Did Will tell you he’s got a
koppweh?
”
     
    She nodded. “He said he was going back to bed as soon as the milking was done. Hopefully his headache will get better with some rest.”
     
    “Guess he won’t be going to church with us this morning.”
     
    “That’s what he said.” Regina lowered her voice. “I think I’ll stop by the Yoders’ place this afternoon and talk to Karen. Will mentioned that he asked her to go out to supper on his birthday, and when she said she had other plans for that night, he left her house in a huff.”
     
    “He got huffy over a little thing like that?”
     
    “He thinks she doesn’t want to be with him.”
     
    “That’s
lecherich
. If Karen’s willing to marry Will, then he ought to realize she wants to be with him.”
     
    “It may seem ridiculous to you and me, but Will thinks his feelings are justified.”
     
    “Will’s been irritable ever since he read that article about the little girl who was abandoned.” Mark reached for his coffee cup and took a drink. “You’d think by now he could have let go of the past.”
     
    “Some things from Will’s past are hard to get over. He was hurt bad when his daed left him, and I doubt he’ll ever get over it completely.” She leaned against the sink and sighed. “I wish Frank Henderson had left a note for me to read to Will like he said he was going to do. I’m sure it would have made a difference if Will had understood why Frank left.”
     
    “But we tried to explain things to him.”
     
    “That’s true, but it wasn’t the same as hearing it from Frank. I’ve never been sure that Will believed us. I think he believes we only told him that in order to make him feel better about his daed taking off like he did.”
     
    “He ought to know we wouldn’t have lied.”
     
    “He was only a boy, Mark—a sad little boy who felt abandoned by his daed.”
     
    “But he’s a grown man now and should see the truth for what it is.”
     
    “Be that as it may, Will has an ache in his heart that won’t go away until he turns it over to God and forgives his father for leaving the way he did.”
     
    “Shouldn’t he have done that when he got baptized and joined the church?”
     
    Regina nodded. “During the baptism service, Will agreed to follow Christ and commit himself fully to the church, but that doesn’t make him the perfect Christian. It doesn’t even