Every Good Cowboy Deserves A Second Chance by Maggie Miller

Author:Maggie Miller [Miller, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sweet Rose Publishing
Published: 2020-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

18

Luke

I open the passenger door of the truck and help Ginny inside then go around to the driver’s side.

“Ouch! These leather seats are blistering hot,” she yelps when her tanned legs touch the seat. Quickly she pulls her bright yellow sundress down lower to cover as much of her legs as she can.

“You can always sit in my lap,” I offer with a chuckle. I slap my thighs. “Come on. There’s plenty of room.”

“Like I did when you taught me how to drive in the pasture?” she asks. “We were a little bit smaller then since we were only twelve. Both of us won’t fit behind the steering wheel now.”

“That’s too bad,” I say, shaking my head in regret. “In that case, slide on over here closer anyway. That’s my favorite thing about trucks. A big old bench seat without a stupid console in the middle to keep me from holding hands with my girl. You’re too far away over there hanging onto the window pretending like you’re afraid of me. Don’t worry. I don’t bite. Get over here.”

Ginny gives me a shy smile and slowly slides closer. I drape my arm down on her left leg just like old times. “You still fit,” I say, giving her leg a gentle squeeze.

“What do you mean?” she asks, giving me a curious glance.

“Your body always fit against mine as if you were made exactly for me. We were two parts of a whole. Even now, after all this time, when you lean against me, it seems as if it’s the only place you were ever meant to be.”

She leans her head against my shoulder with a contented sigh. I pull out of her driveway and onto the main road. “I know,” she says, snuggling closer under my arm. “How is that possible after all this time?”

“Some things never die,” I tell her. “All we did when we broke up years ago was hit the pause button. We never ended. Heck, I can’t even tell you exactly what happened to us.”

“Maybe we needed time to grow up apart,” she says. “We were always together and assumed we always would be. Maybe to mature into individuals, we needed to go our separate ways. You weren’t meant to go off to college with me and I couldn’t follow you to Nashville. It was inevitable our relationship would change at some point.”

“No, I sure wasn’t going to college.” I can’t help chuckling at the thought. “And you sitting in smoky joints watching me sing wouldn’t have been right either. Those were no kind of places for a lady.”

“I’m glad you came back to Sweet Rose Canyon, Luke.”

“Me too,” I say, reaching over to turn on the radio. “Do you still love country music?”

“I’ll never get tired of it,” she says.

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