Juan by Kathleen Ball

Author:Kathleen Ball [Ball, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lasso Springs
Published: 2018-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

The next day Juan went into the house, his heart filled with anger. Greg had had a lot to say about having Sonia living with him. Greg thought they should marry since no one with eyes would believe she was just the help. When had Greg become so pious? Juan bit his tongue for the most part. How could his brother and friend act this way?

“Did you give Greg the list?” Sonia asked. She looked worried, and it took his anger even higher.

“He’ll be leaving in a minute. Was there something else you needed?” He hated that his voice was full of anger too.

“Watch Brent for me!” She sailed out the door without a backward glance at him.

Juan went to the door and watched while Sonia spoke to Greg. He actually seemed happy about something she said. Juan didn’t like it one bit, but he wasn’t going to take out his anger on Sonia. She’d had enough for a lifetime.

She ran back to the house and smiled at him. “Working with the horses today?”

“I’m going to check on the cattle and see why Journey hasn’t come back.”

Her brow wrinkled. “What do you mean about Journey?”

“Journey always comes back to me if someone else is riding him. He’ll find a moment to slip away from Wendell. I just thought it would have been sooner than later.”

Sonia laughed. “You are a sly one, Juan. I’ll keep my eye out for him. I have some baking to do. And keeping up with Brent is getting to be a full time job. Too bad I don’t have a corral for him to play in.”

Her melodious laugh soothed him a bit but he still had plenty of anger in him. “I’ll see ya.”

“Papa!” Brent crawled awfully fast toward him.

Juan bent down and caught the child, lifting him up and kissing his cheek. “I have work to do, little man, but I’ll be back.” He went to put him down, but Brent refused to let go. “Brent, I really do need to go.”

“Me work.” Brent nodded his head and wrapped his arms tightly around Juan’s neck.

Sonia patted Brent’s back. “Come on, little one, you can help knead the bread.”

Brent suddenly let go and turned in Juan’s arms so quickly, Juan thought he’d drop him. But he landed safely in his mother’s arms.

Juan didn’t say anything else. He grabbed his hat and walked out the door. He was disappointed Sonia hadn’t apologized to him. She hadn’t told him he was wrong about her not wanting a Mexican man or child.

He saddled his buckskin and rode off. Between Sonia and Greg, he didn’t feel welcome in his own home. He’d have to find somewhere for her to live. She didn’t want to be there. If only he’d known before Greg had had a chance to insult her. They wouldn’t have fought before he left for town. If Mercy hadn’t come out, he might have taken a swing at Greg.

Who did he think he was interfering in his personal

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