At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Epilogue)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 1176

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@jennjenn615 @laschatzi @snowbellewells @iamanneenigma @kmomof4

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@therooksshiningknight @lfh1226-linda @tiganasummertree @jrob64  @anmylica 

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Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

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Epilogue

Neither Emma nor Killian wanted to wait any longer than necessary to be wed, and so a month after his proposal, in the garden of the little House of Dreams, they were married in the church in the harbor.  It was a small, intimate ceremony, only their closest friends present–the Nolans, of course, Granny and Marco (who had only a few days before tied the knot themselves), Captain Nemo, Gideon and Violet, Johanna, and Lance Du Lac.

Mary Margaret and Emma had spent many happy hours working together to make Emma’s wedding dress and veil.  It was a rather simple ensemble, but Mary Margaret thought she’d never seen a more radiant bride.

At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Chapter 7)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 2194

Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (Epilogue)

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Chapter 7

Killian opened the box he’d found waiting for him at his front door when he arrived home from the office one night in the late fall.  Inside, he found a dozen copies of “The Lifebook of Captain Nemo”, fresh off the presses.

Professionally, things had been looking up for Killian–more than they had for years.  His manuscript had not only been accepted for publication, his editor had raved about it.  Already, scarcely a week after its release, his first novel was a roaring success.

A year ago, if this had happened, he’d have been overjoyed.  Finally, his life’s ambition had been fulfilled.  He was an author, a real author, not merely the writer of pointless newspaper stories, but the author of a best-selling novel.

But a year ago he hadn’t met Emma Gold.  A year ago his heart hadn’t shattered into a million tiny shards.

Now his professional success simply felt empty.  What good were accolades when you’d lost the love of your life?

At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Chapter 6)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 3056

Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (7) (Epilogue)

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Chapter 6

“Doctor, Dear, I am so glad you’re home!” Johanna said nervously as soon as David walked through the front door of his House of Dreams a few days later.  “It’s Mrs. Doctor.”

David’s eyebrows shot up in alarm.  Mary Margaret was due any day.  Had she gone into labor?  Had something worse happened?  “What is it, Johanna?  Where is she?”

The older woman gestured vaguely.  “She’s pacing the back garden.  She says she’s well, but she received a letter and she’s been pacing and talking to herself since.  You know how she does that when her emotions are high.  That can’t be good for her in her condition, can it?”

“Thank you, Johanna,” David said, a bit distractedly as he nearly jogged in the direction she gave him.  “I’ll take it from here.

She got a letter and then became emotional?  What could have happened?  Was it bad news from Green Gables?  He played out various scenarios in his mind as he searched for and then quickly found his wife.

She was smiling and laughing and talking to herself, waving a sheet of paper around, while she, rather awkwardly, waddled around the garden.  She was, after all, very near to her due date.

“Mary Margaret?” he asked, coming to her and taking her forearms to steady her.  “What is it?  What’s happened.”

At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Chapter 5)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 3266

Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (Epilogue)

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Chapter 5

Killian knocked on the Nolans’ front door and waited patiently for a response.  Just that morning, after three months of work, he’d put the finishing touches on his novel.  It was good.  He knew it was good.  This work would bring him acclaim, maybe even fortune.

But for all that, it was the time here that he’d found most precious.  The lovely afternoons spent by the sea, his trusty notebook in hand.  The days spent collaborating with Captain Nemo, hearing his harrowing tales–all of which he swore up and down were the Bible truth–discussing ideas, hearing his thoughts on his manuscript and the world in general.  It had all been more exhilarating than anything he’d ever experienced.

Except, that is, falling in love.  That had been exhilarating on an entirely new level beyond anything he could have imagined.  For he could deny it no longer.  He had fallen deeply, passionately, irrevocably in love with Emma.

As he waited for the door to be answered, he thought about the moment he’d known he loved her.

At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Chapter 4)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 3990

Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (2) (3) (5) (6) (7) (Epilogue)

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“Emma, dearie, I’ve come to ask you a favor,” Granny said, climbing the steps onto the veranda where Emma sat watching Neal chase the chickens in the yard.  One of them, thoroughly exasperated, turned around and gave him a vicious peck.  Neal yowled in response.

“Serves you right, you big, lumbering oaf!” Granny called across the lawn.  “Saying that man doesn’t have the sense he was born with would be a slander.  He never had any sense to begin with.”

Emma smiled to herself.  Whatever else it might be, a visit from Granny was always diverting.  “What’s the favor, Granny?” she asked.

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At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Chapter 3)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 1710

Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (Epilogue)

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For two days Emma stayed home, studiously refusing to go visit the Nolans as she’d been invited to do.  After all, she’d learned through long years of pain and loss that one must look out for herself.  It was the only way to avoid getting hurt.

But as the third morning dawned crisp and clear with the hint of snow on the air, Emma knew she had to go visit Mary Margaret.  There was something about the woman.  She was so open and carefree.  She exuded joy and optimism and somehow made everyone she met love her and want to be in her company.

Though Emma still felt a seeping envy of Mary Margaret’s happy life, though she feared letting someone new in would only result in heartbreak, something inside her craved the other woman’s friendship enough to put the envy aside.

Accordingly, that evening after she’d gotten Neal to bed, she walked over to the “House of Dreams” as Mary Margaret had called it.  She’d found Mary Margaret home alone that night, the doctor having once again been called to an emergency in the glen, and if her reaction to seeing her guest was any indication, she was thrilled for the company.

“Oh, I was hoping someone would come tonight!” Mary Margaret said, pulling Emma inside, taking her coat, and positioning her near her cozy fire.  “There’s no telling when David will be home, and that wind whipping through the trees is so mournful and lonely.”

“Um…glad I could help,” Emma said a touch aloofly. 

At the Dawn There is Rejoicing--a birthday gift for @kmomof4 (Chapter 2)

Summary:  Birthday gift for Krystal, @kmomof4. Based on the story of Leslie Moore and Owen Ford in the book Anne’s House of Dreams–the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Emma Gold has led a difficult life.  Her brother and her father died when she was a child, and she was then coerced into marrying the odious Neal Gold.  She thought she’d been granted a reprieve when he was believed to be lost at sea–only for him to return disabled and in need of a caregiver.  Killian is a newspaper reporter who is tired of his routine life.  When he falls ill, his editor forces him to take a sabbatical.  What will happen when Emma takes Killian in as a border for the summer? Big thank you to @snowbellewells for making the cover pic set!

Word Count: 1698

Other Chapters: (Prologue) (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (Epilogue)

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A few weeks later, Emma was sitting at her little kitchen table one evening attempting to unwind after another long day, when Captain Nemo came for a visit.  He and Granny made a point of coming down to her little gray house several times a week–sometimes alone, sometimes together.  Emma suspected their visits were more a matter of charity than anything else, but she wasn’t too proud to welcome them all the same.  After all, it got so very lonely out here with only Neal for company.

“Quite the storm we had, wasn’t it, Mistress Gold?” Captain Nemo asked after she’d invited him in and offered him tea, which he politely declined.  “Stormed for three days straight if it was an hour.”

“At least there was no real damage this time,” Emma said.  “That last autumn storm nearly ripped the roof off of my chicken coop.”

Nemo merely grunted in agreement.  “Granny told me you’ve been having a rough go of it with Neal.”

Emma grimaced.  Some days were harder than others, that was for sure.  “He’s always a bit more mischievous when he’s cooped up and can’t go outside as he likes.  Poor Granny!  She’s alright, isn’t she?”