Cowgirl for Keeps by Lacy Williams

Author:Lacy Williams [Williams, Lacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lacy Williams Books LLC

6

"Come on, come on."

Three days after the church picnic, Anna cranked the engine in her extended cab Ford pickup.

But it only clicked. Click, click, click.

Nothing.

"Mo-om, I'm gonna be late for practice!" Mikey's chin was on the back of her seat, his baseball cap skewed to one side. Gina kicked the seat behind her, right at Anna's lower back, but at least she wasn't complaining.

The humid air inside the cab of the truck was a sweltering oven. Afternoon sunlight slanted through the windshield and baked Anna's tension up a level higher.

"Mo-om!"

"Honey, I'm doing everything I can."

She popped the hood and got out. Moved around the front of the truck to stare at the engine. What was she doing? She didn't know anything about the mechanics of an engine.

It was too late to call Lila or Melody. By the time one of them came out to get them and then drove back to town, Mikey would have missed his practice.

"Problem?"

She whirled at Kelly's voice, heart pounding at the unexpected presence. She'd thought he was finishing up in the kitchen, around the far side of the house.

"Mr. Kelly!" Mikey must have crawled over the front seat, because he was leaning halfway out the driver's side window. "Our truck won't start."

"Uh oh. Want me to give it a listen?"

She sighed but figured he wasn't going away, so she brushed past him and got back in the truck. She didn't bother closing the door. Mikey scooted into the passenger seat. She turned the keys again, and again it just click, click, clicked.

From where he'd been bent over the engine, Kelly leaned around and waved for her to stop.

"Sounds like the battery," Kelly said.

"But, Mom, my practice..."

"You need to get to town?"

Anna stifled a second sigh as she looked between Mikey, who was so disappointed about missing his practice, and Kelly, who watched her with an expectant look on his face.

"Yes, we need to get to town."

He nodded.

Waited.

She said nothing.

"It's okay to ask for help." The words emerged straight-faced, but when her chin jerked up, it was clear to see the spark in his eyes.

"It's taken me awhile to learn..." he continued. And raised his eyebrows, a clear challenge.

She stifled the growl that wanted to emerge.

Mikey's quiet, "Mo-om..." made her back teeth clench.

Fine.

"Would you please drive me and the kids into town?" She might have gritted the words out from between her teeth, but she'd gotten them out.

But if he said one mocking thing...

"Glad to," was his quiet, pleased response. "I'll fire up the truck."

Mikey was already jumping out of the cab.

"Honey, grab your mitt."

"Oh, yeah!"

Mikey scrambled back up into the truck, and she reached inside for her purse and helped Gina out.

Rounding the house, she saw that Kelly had quickly sealed up the silver toolbox attached to the truckbed and closed the tailgate as the kids sprinted up to him.

"The inside is a bit of a mess. You'll have to pretend it isn't there."

Reluctantly curious, she opened the passenger door. The kids scrambled over the seat and rushed to buckle up in the back.

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