Healing Woman of the Red Rocks (Red Rocks Trilogy Book 1) by Verna Clay

Author:Verna Clay [Clay, Verna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M.O.I. Publishing
Published: 2015-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

20: Clash

In the end, Thomas decided to stay in the cabin with his daughter. After Tana's revelation that her dead grandmother talked to her, he wasn't sure of her sanity. Occasionally, he had treated miners and trappers who had lived alone for months or years, and for many, the state of their mind was questionable.

All night he tossed in bed, his mind and emotions troubled. There were questions he needed to ask to clear the air. If Tana was unstable, he should probably leave immediately. But where would he go? Back to Globe? Maybe to Phoenix to seek help? Frustration tied his stomach in knots and he wasn't in a pleasant mood when he woke at dawn. He slipped out of bed, pulled his trousers over his long johns, and entered the main room, expecting it to be empty. It wasn't. For proprieties sake, he reentered his room and donned his shirt.

When he returned, Tana stood by the potbelly stove. She wore a plain brown skirt and what appeared to be a man's plaid woolen shirt tucked into it. A white bodice apron covered the front of the shirt and halfway down her skirt. A single black braid reached past her waist. Her facial bone structure was Indian but her complexion, just as the outlaw had described it, was milky white. She lifted the coffeepot with a rag and poured black brew into a large mug. "Good morning, Mr. Matthews. I made coffee again because you don't seem the type to drink tea."

Thomas lifted an eyebrow. "And why do you think that?" he asked as he walked to the table and sat down.

The hint of a smile tugged at the healing woman's lips and started Thomas' heart thumping, but before it reached full bloom, she lowered her head and set the mug in front of him. She seemed to hesitate and then said, "I perceive you are a bold and outspoken man who finds my way of life quite unsettling. Please ask me whatever questions you like."

Thomas fumbled the mug and hot liquid spilled over. The woman was amazingly perceptive. Tana blotted the spill with the cloth in her hand and Thomas decided he needed to come clean about his vocation. "I didn't tell you yesterday that I'm a medical doctor with a practice in Globe. And please, call me Thomas since I've been calling you Tana. What's your last name?"

"Raven Sees"

"Excuse me?"

"My name is Tana Raven Sees. My grandfather was Apache and his name was Raven Sees. My grandmother adopted that as her last name and when my mother married, she liked it better than my father's last name of Schillinger, so she kept it."

"And what did your father think about that?"

"I never heard him say one way or the other. He seemed fine with it."

Thomas frowned. "That's seems most unusual."

Tana's mouth hinted at a smile again. "What's unusual to one person may not be to another. Since you are a doctor why did you bring your daughter to me?"

Thomas wasn't fooled by her question.

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