Here Comes the Bride by Laura Drewry

Author:Laura Drewry [Drewry, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Historical, Western, Historical Romance, Westerns
ISBN: 9780821778586
Google: ceFOEpCYqJsC
Amazon: B005JL9GDM
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2005-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The next several days all seemed to blend together in a murky blur for Tess. After working her shifts at the restaurant, she would haul two huge buckets full of water up to her room and sponge herself down from head to toe, trying to wash off as much grit and grime as she could. What she wouldn’t give for a nice hot bath and completely clean hair.

The other hotel guests stumbled into their rooms at all hours of the night, falling up and down the stairs, crashing into the walls and generally making enough noise to raise the dead. Tess did not sleep but rather dozed off and on, terrified one of the drunken rascals would come barreling through her door at any time during the night and pass out in her room. Or worse.

She had not seen Gabriel since he showed up in the restaurant her first day there, and her heart ached more and more every day. How she longed to see him again, to look at his face, to look in his eyes—those stormy, smoke-colored eyes that looked right down into her very soul.

Ironically, it was the very day Gabe would have had her on the stage that Tess’s luck finally changed for the better. She was fairly certain Gabe would disagree, but in her opinion, the events of that fateful Friday were the best thing to happen to her since first laying eyes on her angel himself.

It was the day she met the Langman family.

The restaurant was buzzing with lunch customers in various stages of their meals when the door opened and in walked a pretty young girl accompanied by a man who easily could have passed for her twin brother. Tess showed them to the nearest clean table and hurried to fill their coffee cups.

“You’re new.” The man’s voice bounced around the room until every other customer looked up from their meal.

“Yes.” Tess smiled hurriedly. “I am. Have you decided what you would like?”

“I’m Collette Langman,” the girl said, offering her hand. “And this is my tactless brother Frankie.”

Tess’s eyes flew to the kitchen door. She’d already been snapped at twice this morning for talking to customers.

“Collette . . .” Tess faltered. The infamous Collette Langman. The girl’s eyes were bluer than anything Tess had ever seen, and her golden hair fell in shimmering waves down her back. Bart was right, this girl was absolutely stunning. Tess’s smile brightened. “It’s nice to meet you. I’m Tess Kinley.”

It was the other girl’s turn to smile now. “Really? You’re Tess Kinley? I’ve heard so much . . . what I mean is, I was told . . .” Collette flushed. “I must sound as bad as Frankie. I’m sorry.”

“Nonsense,” Tess said, glancing back at the kitchen. “I’m afraid I can’t talk right now, but I would very much like to speak with you later. Would you mind?”

“Would I mind?” she repeated. “Why on earth would I mind? I have so many questions for you myself that I could go on for days.

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