Sweet as Honey (36 page)

“
Jah,
I do. What if you faint?” Dinah Eicher would have fainted.

“I don't faint,” she said, without breaking her stride.

He frowned. Had he hurt her feelings?

He hadn't said anything that they both didn't already know.

With long strides, he followed her over the small bridge that marked the beginning of the Honeybee Sisters' property, down the lane past the red barn with the orange door, and practically raced her to the house. He had definitely hurt her feelings. No one would be that diligent without reason.

Had it been his comment about liking pretty girls? Surely Poppy wouldn't be bent out of shape over that. A girl like her didn't much care if she was pretty. Luke liked girls who were delicate and graceful like flowers. Poppy was pretty in her own way—a fact Luke usually ignored because of all her other bad qualities. A boy would have had to be blind not to notice the shocking green eyes and hair the color of golden honey, the smattering of freckles across her nose or the hint of a dimple that appeared every time she moved her mouth. But he'd also be
deerich,
foolish, to forget the stubborn independence and hot temper that were as much a part of Poppy as her green eyes.

He wasn't about to apologize for the “pretty” comment.
Pretty is as pretty does,
Mamm always said, and if Poppy wanted boys to think she was pretty, she would stop yelling at people and show some gratitude when someone risked his life to save hers.

Poppy didn't get her feelings hurt. She punched people.

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