Dandelion Wishes by Melinda Curtis

Author:Melinda Curtis
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781460320648
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“I FEEL LUCKY,” Mildred said to Will and Tracy as she wheeled her walker into the church’s multipurpose room in Cloverdale. Mildred scoped out a table and settled her short, plump frame into a folding chair, releasing her walker to one side. “Let’s boogie.”

“Let’s boogie,” Tracy repeated. Then she laughed.

The smile on Will’s face probably looked goofy. He didn’t care. He couldn’t believe the change in Tracy after only two days in Harmony Valley. She’d chattered with Mildred the entire ride. Her smile hadn’t faded since she’d climbed into his truck. Not once. She had to stay and work at the winery.

Sure, she wasn’t stringing together complex sentences, but her speech was smoother and she was laughing more. It was a gift. One Will wasn’t going to question after the day he’d had. The frustrations of getting the winery off the ground, Emma’s meddling, his father’s unsolicited advice—none of it mattered if Tracy’s condition improved. He needed to broach the topic of working for him again before Emma spoke to her.

Tracy helped Mildred scoot her chair closer to the table. “Next time. I’ll drive. To bingo.”

Will’s smile dimmed, but only a little. “When the doctor clears you.”

His comment earned him a scowl from Tracy.

“I used to drive here,” Mildred said. “I could bring us next week. I have my license.”

Will gave Mildred’s thick glasses a double take. “I thought you weren’t supposed to drive.” Emma had a better chance of obtaining his permission to transport Tracy to bingo than Mildred did. And Emma’s chance currently stood at zero.

“Agnes told you that, didn’t she? She thinks I can’t see the road. My vision is fine. Let me tell you, I used to time myself driving the loop on Parish Hill. I know that road like the back of my hand. My best time was under five minutes.”

“A record that will have to stand.” He drew Tracy aside. “I want to ask you something.”

She beamed expectantly at him, the way she used to when they were kids, as if he was her hero and could do no wrong.

And he knew. He knew as soon as the words I want you to stay here and work for the winery left his mouth, that smile of hers would disappear. He could hear Emma telling him, “I told you so.” And she was right. Tracy didn’t want to stay in Harmony Valley and if he tried to force her to... Well, the words Tracy would use to describe him wouldn’t be pretty.

“What?”

He couldn’t ask her. At least not yet. He’d suggest a job to her when the winery was approved. By then she may have realized that she was blossoming in Harmony Valley. “I’m a tyrannical idiot.”

She laughed. “Yes. You are.” She claimed a folding chair next to Mildred and fanned her cheeks with a bingo card.

Will stood like a dolt, unable to take his eyes off his happy sister. He didn’t think he could stand not knowing what the future held for her.

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