Cowboy for Keeps by Debra Clopton

Author:Debra Clopton [Clopton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373876037
Amazon: 037381481X
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2010-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

The Mule Hollow Church of Faith was a sweet little number on the outskirts of town. The rural church made Amanda think of weddings and picnics on the lawn. The classic white-washed chapel with a tall steeple looked well maintained and inviting. It fit the country, down-home town perfectly and she could easily see happy couples standing together at the front of the church saying their vows before God and all of their friends and family. It would have been a lovely place for— Hold it! Amanda’s thoughts came to a screeching halt. She was done imagining weddings. This was a good day and she didn’t plan to spoil it. Wyatt had agreed to come to church with her and that had made her day brighter than she’d ever expected.

“I love it,” she said, glancing at Wyatt. “Is this where you went to church growing up?”

“All my life. See that second window? I threw a baseball through that when I was nine. I thought my mother was going to kill me. She’d already told me that I needed to stop throwing the ball to Cole so close to the church because he might miss one. And he did. The ball tipped his glove and crashed through the window.”

Amanda could just see them standing there. She knew without being told that Cole had idolized his big brother and Wyatt had probably taken his role as older brother seriously, even at that young age.

“You didn’t listen,” she guessed. His look said he’d been in hot water.

“You better believe I did the next time, though. I had to save up my own money to repay my parents for repairing the window. Plus, every Saturday for a month I had to weed the flower beds. I hated weeding then and more than ever now.”

She laughed. “Your parents knew that, didn’t they?”

“Oh, yeah. They got my attention.”

Amanda laughed as she got out of the SUV. No sooner had she gotten the wheelchair unloaded from the chair rack on the back of the vehicle than they were spotted. Then surrounded. Poor Wyatt had more help getting out of the vehicle than he wanted, but he was pretty good at hiding his feelings. She, however, could tell that all the attention bothered him. She still didn’t have a clue what had changed his mind, but she was glad they were here.

Norma Sue was the first to come barreling across the lawn with her husband, Roy Don, in tow. Wyatt filled her in on that tidbit as they came. The same with Esther Mae and her husband, Hank.

“It’s a pure miracle that you got this man out of his house,” Norma Sue said, practically tackling Wyatt to give him a hardy hug.

Esther Mae was right behind her. “We are so glad you came,” she said, pushing Norma Sue out of the way and getting her own hug. She had on a lime-green hat with red daisies clustered all about its brim, and when she engulfed Wyatt the brim whacked him in the nose.

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