Arizona Embrace by Greenwood Leigh

Author:Greenwood, Leigh [Greenwood, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ten Talents Press
Published: 2011-12-02T08:00:00+00:00

“I’ll cook if you’ll untie my hands,” Victoria said as Trinity helped her down from the horse.

“So you’ve finally decided to talk.”

“I’m a better cook,” Victoria said. “Besides, you’ve got the horses to tend to.”

He hesitated.

“I promise I won’t run away, and I won’t throw hot grease on you. I’m too tired to run very far even if I wanted to. All I want is something decent to eat. Then I want to sleep as long as I can.”

Trinity untied her wrists. He felt the reoccurring sense of shame when he saw the raw places on her skin.

“I’ve got some salve for that.”

“I’ll be okay unless you plan to tie me up again tomorrow.”

“I don’t think that’ll be necessary. I’m going to take your word you won’t try to run away.”

“Why the sudden trust?”

“I don’t know. I have an awful feeling I’m making a fool of myself, but I can’t see why you’d send your uncle back if you intended to escape.”

“I’m glad to see common sense can penetrate your brain after all.”

“My common sense tells me you’re lying,” Trinity responded more roughly than he’d intended. “It tells me nobody would be willing to go back to jail. It’s screaming at me right now that your uncle must be out there somewhere, that Red is a spy to keep us under surveillance, that sometime during the night they’re going to come down on us and my body will be left for the wolves.”

“Then why did you untie my hands?”

“Because I got the same lessons with my mother’s milk as Red back there. My father drummed it into my head that I should respect every female, treat her as a lady, defend her with my life. I keep thinking about my mother. She wouldn’t have hurt a fly unless it was about to hurt me or my father. Then I think she would have taken on the Mexican army by herself. Anyhow, I keep thinking how I would feel to see her riding with her wrists tied up, her skin all torn up by the rope.

“I also think about what you said to those men back there. I don’t know if you meant what you said, but any woman who could do that deserves a little trust.”

“Do you have a hard time trusting all women, or am I the only one?”

“I don’t trust anybody. But I guess I have a harder time with women.”

“What did Queenie do to you?”

“What makes you think Queenie did anything to me?”

“She’s the only woman besides your mother you’ve ever mentioned. One of them is responsible for the way you feel, and it clearly isn’t your mother.”

“I don’t want to talk about Queenie.”

Then go take care of the horses. I’ll see about something to eat while you’re gone.”

Trinity took so long with the horses Victoria had dinner ready when he returned. They ate in an uneasy silence, unanswered questions hanging in the air.

“What happened?” Trinity asked.

“What do you mean?”

“The night Jeb was killed? What happened?”

“But I thought-”

“Forget everything I said.

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