Alyssa could immediately see on the faces of the sisters-in-law that they weren’t as open with Holli as they would be with her. She found it interesting, but she wasn’t sure why.
“Do you all come to the keep to sew in the afternoons?” Alyssa asked.
“We do on occasion,” Bonnie, one of the sisters-in-law said. “I do love to hear the stories about the future that Heather and Holli tell us.”
“I have some too, of course.”
“Aye, you do, we will all be happy to hear them if you care to tell them.”
“I’d love to tell them. Not just this moment, of course, but when we can be assured no one else will hear.”
“Only members of the family are allowed ta know,” Bonnie said. “I didn’t know until after I’d married Callum. At first, I laughed at him. Nothing that he said made any kind of sense to me. But now…Now I know he was telling the truth.”
“How?” Alyssa asked. What had proved to these women that time travel was a thing, when it had been so hard for modern women to conceive.
Bonnie leaned forward and whispered. “They showed me something they called an iPad. I had never seen anything so perfect, and it had pictures on it. Not the kind that people paint, or children draw. It had exact replicas.” Someone hurried tothem, handing a young baby to Bonnie. “Me bairn needs some attention, I see.”
“He’s so sweet!” Alyssa said.
“She is sweet,” Bonnie corrected. “I will take her above stairs to feed her. I canna get used to pulling out my breast in front of people.”
Alyssa laughed. “I have a feeling I’ll have the same problem when my time comes.”
