Love comes softly

love comes softly

Transcript

00:00A newlywed man promised to stay by his wife's side forever, but just three days after the wedding,

00:04he died in a tragic accident. As his wife mourned at his grave, a stranger suddenly showed up and

00:09proposed to her. Turns out the man named John had also lost his wife years ago. Since then he had

00:20been raising his daughter all alone, but the lack of love in the house made his daughter emotionally

00:24unstable. So John made a decision that seemed crazy to others. He offered Maddie a deal. If

00:28she agreed to marry him and help raise his daughter, he would give her a large sum of money

00:32next spring. Enough for her to return home and start over. Maddie was torn. She felt marrying

00:36another man so soon would betray her late husband. But a neighbor reminded her. The only carriage

00:40leaving town wouldn't come until spring. And in the harsh winter ahead, John's offer might be the

00:44only way she and her unborn child could survive. So Maddie accepted. And with that, her fate took a

00:49sharp turn. The wedding was short and quiet. Then Maddie moved into John's house. But John's

00:53daughter Maisie was not happy about it. She resented Maddie from the start. Luckily John was a fair and

00:58kind man. He gave Maddie the only bedroom and moved into the cold barn himself, still mourning

01:03her husband. Maddie couldn't sleep a wink that night. When she finally woke up the next day,

01:07it was already noon. And Maisie wasted no time mocking her. I've never seen nobody sleep so long.

01:12I thought she might be dead. John quickly stepped in to stop her, trying to ease the tension. He took

01:17his daughter out for a walk. Watching them leave through the window, Maddie finally let her guard down.

01:21And for the first time since her husband's death, she enjoyed a proper meal. Later she sat alone on the

01:25swing under a tree. As it gently rocked, memories of her late husband flooded back. Tears rolled down

01:30her face. And that was when John and Maisie returned home. John knew what she was feeling.

01:37He had lost his wife too. On the third day, Maddie stared out the window. Watching John work in the

01:42yard, she had started to let her guard down. So she offered to help around the house. John smiled and

01:46brought her to where Maisie was doing chores. He explained that Maisie never had a childhood. She had

01:50been working non-stop since her mom died. Never went to school. Never got to be a kid. He hoped

01:54Maddie could teach her, help her learn and grow like a real child. Moved by John's words,

01:58Maddie agreed. But she had never lived on a farm. Even collecting eggs was a struggle.

02:02Maisie didn't understand why her father married someone so useless. So she played a prank. While

02:06Maddie worked, Maisie threw a pile of cow dung at her. Maddie was furious.

02:09I know exactly what you're meaning to do, Missie. Now you listen to me.

02:13You're not my mother and I don't have to listen to you. As long as I am here. I don't want you

02:17here. I've got news for you. I don't want to be here either. The fact of the matter is,

02:22I made a bargain with your father and I intend to keep my end of that bargain even if you do

02:26everything short of trying to kill me in the process. Dinner. The tension between the two was

02:30thick. They couldn't stand each other. John could only sigh, knowing he still had a long way to go

02:34to bring this broken family together.