Connie and the Cowboy (Outlaw Gold) by Colvin Mildred

Author:Colvin, Mildred [Colvin, Mildred]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2012-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Connie carried one of the dresses Mrs. Sallee had given her because Brett insisted she needed it. What could he have found? Were there other people here? That didn’t make sense. She ought to change before meeting someone. Not after.

Brett turned to grin at her before brushing the tree limbs aside and letting her pass. “What do you think?”

Connie stepped past him and looked in wonder at the steam rising from the pool of water in front of her. “Hot springs! Oh, Brett, I can’t believe it. A hot bath. Now I know why you made me bring a change of clothes. I can wash our dirty ones here, too.”

Grinning at her obvious pleasure, Brett took her dress and laid it with his clothing on a large boulder beside the spring. “The hot water will ease the pain in your shoulder.”

In no time, they stripped down to their underwear and submerged themselves to their necks in the soothing warmth of the water. Brett undid Connie’s braid and shampooed her hair with her perfumed soap. She lay back while his strong fingers massaged her scalp, letting the warmth soak into her worn muscles and aching shoulder.

“I wish we could stay here forever.”

“It is nice.” Brett gave a little tug on her hair. “Tip your head back so I can rinse the soap out.”

She did as he commanded, relaxing while he worked. Water flowed over her head, and Brett’s fingers soothed her as he rinsed the soap away.

“Your hair is as pale as moonbeams. Like silk and shiny, too, as if it has a light of its own. You are so beautiful, my very own angel.” His softly spoken words flowed into her heart, warming her as the water warmed her body.

She slipped her good arm around his neck. “Wouldn’t you like to stay here with me forever, Brett? Just you and me alone together like that first man and woman you read to me about in your Bible.”

“So you have been listening.” He smiled. “You mean Adam and Eve.”

“Uh, huh.” She nodded. “They was all alone in the Garden of Eden.” She stepped closer to him, looking around at the pool, an outcropping of rock and green grass surrounding the water, then to the trees beyond. “This place is beautiful like that garden they was in, don’t you think?”

Brett drew her close. His head lowered until he took her lips for his own. The kiss was long, sweet, and too short. “If you’re finished here, we need to get back to camp.”

Connie sighed. Brett wasn’t completely hers. He never would be if he kept pulling away. She didn’t like it, but she didn’t know what to do except follow him to shore. “Reckon I need to wash our dirty things.”

Brett shook his head. “Not this time. You go ahead and soak some more while I do the laundry.”

Connie turned back to the water. First he said to go back to camp then he said to stay. He for sure didn’t know what he wanted, but the water sure felt good on her shoulder.

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