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- He's got him a mule and he's headed back to Tennessee.
- He's picking up strays along the way.
- Evil men follow for one reason or the other.
“You’re
a bold thing,” I said, liking the taste of her lips. She had
stopped crying and now wiped her eyes dry.
“Yes.”
She
had a big heart and lots of courage. I kissed her, this time. She
snuggled up against me. “Quiet, too,” I added.
“Yes.”
“Are
you always this agreeable?” I asked.
“No.
Only when I want to be.”
“I
don’t have a ring.”
“I
do. My grandmother’s. I brought it from the inn. I want to wear
it.”
“You
had this all planned, didn’t you?”
“Yes.
I watched you work for Grandpa. I saw you take care of Paralee, and
then all of us. I just needed to keep you alive.”
“You’re
rich enough now, you could be an independent woman,” I said.
“Choose any man you like.”
“I’m
choosing.”
“I
don’t have two cents to rub together.”
“You’re
rich.”
“How?”
It
was the first time I’d heard of it.
“You
have you, and me, your friends and kin, and Toby. You have a mule.
What more do you need?”
“Money?”
“Do
I need to give mine away?”
“No.
That would be foolish. We can buy some land with it.”
“Yes,
we can. Grandpa was a good judge of men. He wouldn’t have hooked up
with you, if he hadn’t thought you were worthwhile. He told me,
when we were leaving the inn, to stick to you. I’m sticking.”
“I
want a woman who’ll stick.”
She
pressed up against me. “Like glue,” she said. “No room for
anyone else.”
She
sent my senses shootin’ off in all directions.
“Exceptin’
me,” said Toby.
“Go
to sleep,” I told him, brought back to earth right sudden-like.
“You’ll be included. In the family, just not in our marriage.”
I
took Eden’s hand and led her away from the wagon, over to where the
General was a’grazing. “That boy has ears nigh as big as the
General’s. We’ll do well to remember that,” I said, getting
another kiss. They could be habit forming.
“Right.”
We
spent a few moments just kissing. Quiet women are very capable of
making their feelings known.
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