TUESDAY TALES - WORD PROMPT "PERSUASIVE"

 

Welcome! This week the word prompt is "persuasive."  We have another episode of "Sarah's Dilemma." Hope you like it. Don't forget to read all the wonderful stories. Find them HERE. 

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“I have to get going! At this rate, I’m going to be late.” Ben frowned and his brows knitted. He drummed his fingers on his knee.

Elijah narrowed his eyes as he stared at his son. “Itchin’ to get at that Chesney girl are you?

“If you must know, yes.”

“Not gonna propose to that wench, are you?”

“None of your business.”

“Damn right it’s my business and you’re my son. I will have a say about who you marry. And the Chesney girl isn’t good enough. Hasn’t got the family.”

“She’s a Wolcott. Mother said that family’s just as good as ours.”

“But what of the Chesney side? Her grandfather a logger, her father a farmer and her grandmother an innkeeper? Not good enough for the likes of a Fitch.”

Ann Fitch sashayed out the front door, clad in an elegant black velvet dress with gold braid trim. White lace at the cuffs and the bodice gave the outfit a softness. Benjamin looked up. “Mother!” he called out to her as she left the house. “Hurry! It’s almost sundown.”

“Worried that Quint fellow will beat you to Miss Sarah Chesney?” An evil smile stretched Elijah’s lips.

“She prefers me.” Benjamin replied, opening the door and descending to the ground. He took his mother’s elbow and moved into the carriage and dumped her on the seat next to his father.”

“Oof! Benjamin!” Ann Fitch reached up to straight her hat, which had lurched dangerously to the left.

Ben climbed in, shut the door, and hollered up to the coachman. “Go, Digby! Go!”

Elijah threw his head back and roared with laughter. Then he rested his arm around the shoulders of his stunning wife.

“Sarah’s not going anywhere, Benjamin,” Ann huffed.

“But Quint set out for the dance before our Benjamin was even dressed. Mighty spiffed up. Guess he’s hopin’ to win the Chesney girl, too. And he’s got a mighty good headstart.”

Ben opened the coach window and leaned out. “Digby! Faster!”

Elijah cackled. “Hurry up, Digby. Quint’s getting’ there first!”

Ann shot a stern look at her husband. “Elijah! Leave Ben alone.”

Although he hated to give his father any satisfaction, his word worried the young man. Josiah Quint could be mighty persuasive. He’d set his sights on Sarah Chesney before Benjamin had even met her. How could he be sure she wouldn’t accept him?

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