His Forever Valentine by Kit Morgan

Author:Kit Morgan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Western & Frontier, Christianity, Westerns, Fiction, Romance, Christian Fiction, Western, Inspirational, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Published: 2014-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

Seven

Several days went by before Tom decided to pay Charlotte a call. Not because he had a burning desired to see her, but because no one had seen her since they took tea together at the mercantile. He’d not received word from Matthew to play chaperone either, and as neither he nor Charlotte had been to the Quinn’s since, who was acting the part with the couple?

He rode up to the hitching post in front of the house and dismounted. He’d never been out to the Davis place before. The house was huge, and solidly built, a testimony to the Davis family’s wealth. Where that wealth came from, Tom had no idea. Spencer had mentioned investments of some kind back east, and a few relatives on Mr. Davis’s side that were well off, but if there was anything else, he didn’t know. He wasn’t even sure how much farming the man did.

He went to the door and knocked, and as luck would have it, Mrs. Davis answered. “Oh, it’s you. What business do you have coming here?”

Tom removed his hat and held it before him. “I’ve come to … call on Miss Charlotte.” Was “call” the word he really wanted to use in front of this woman?

“Call on my daughter? After you broke her heart? Why the nerve!”

Tom took a step back. “Broke her heart?”

“You heard me! She cried and everything!”

“She … she did? But ma’am, there was never …”

“Oh, but I’ll fetch her to you all the same, just so you can apologize!” Before he could say a word, he was yanked inside. “Wait right here,” she ordered and hurried into a parlor off the front hall.

He glanced about the decorative foyer as he twisted his hat in his hands. The only other place he’d seen like this was the Cooke’s house out at the Triple C ranch. It was as big, if not bigger, and just as fancy. The sight made him wonder if apple farming was as lucrative as cattle ranching. He knew Mr. Davis had a few orchards, but didn’t think them enough to afford all this. Whatever investments he had back east, must be good ones.

“Deputy Turner?”

He turned. Charlotte stood in the doorway of the parlor, and motioned him to follow her. Once inside, she then motioned him to sit as she took a chair. She sat with her hands folded in her lap, her face expressionless. “Miss Charlotte, aren’t ya feeling well? Ya don’t look so good.”

“I’ve had a few rough days.” She picked at a loose thread on her dress. “I’m sorry you’ve had to carry out the duties of chaperone alone.”

“That’s just it, Matthew didn’t ask for me. Did he send for you?”

She raised her face to his. “No, that’s odd.”

He noticed how pale she was, and leaned toward her, resting his hands on his knees. Dark circles were under her eyes, accentuated by the blue calico she wore. Her hair was up, but loose strands hung about her face as if she’d been working, and didn’t bother to re-pin them, and perhaps such was the case.

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