Saturday Snippet: She Said No Matter What

The following is from my third book in my Eastern Sierra Brides 1884 series, Her Independent Spirit.

          Albert, the muscle Miss Flora hired to enforce order in the brothel, entered the room holding what appeared to be a small folded bundle of flannel. “Miss Lulu, this is for your baby.”

          “Who would bring the baby a gift? Not that many people know me, let alone know I have a baby.”

          Bewildered, Lulu reached for one edge of the fabric and shook it free of its folds. One side was solid white flannel. The other side had a checkerboard patchwork design of striped blue blocks and red flannel blocks alternating with white flannel blocks. It was a quilt with a thin fabric center instead of heavier cotton filling. It was not the most artfully designed quilt Lulu had ever seen, but the corners of the squares matched up and the stitches that held all the layers together were neat and even.

          “It was the midwife. She said no matter what, baby Sophie Ann needs a blanket.”

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