Last Chance Beauty Queen by Hope Ramsay

Author:Hope Ramsay [RAMSAY, HOPE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780446576086
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Cissy and her father finally departed from the barbecue. Hugh declined their offer of a lift back to the boardinghouse. Instead, he turned back toward the pavilion, intent on finding Caroline and taking up that kiss where they had left off.

This plan was, he knew, completely dastardly, seeing as her father owned the land he wanted. But he couldn’t help himself. He wanted to spend some more time with her. She had magicked him, like one of Petal’s little people. He was practically obsessed with her. He wanted to get to know her better.

His search for her didn’t get him very far before Bubba accosted him.

“You lied to me,” Bubba said.

“I did? About what?”

“You said Rocky would come crawling back to me if I danced with Rachel, but instead she took off.”

“She’s gone?”

“Yeah, I heard she left with her momma and daddy. They all took off kind of quick. And I couldn’t just take off after her, you know? I was dancing with Rachel Polk. You can’t just ditch Rachel.”

“I see, and why is that?”

“Because she’s drop-dead gorgeous, and also my truck loan is at the First National Bank, where her daddy is the manager and main loan officer. And besides, a guy missing his front teeth needs to show some respect. To be honest, I’m still amazed she danced with me.” Bubba blushed.

“So,” Hugh asked, “how was it, dancing with Rachel?”

“Oh, she’s real nice. We even talked some, which is amazing since she’s gorgeous, a college girl, and her daddy has money. She’s completely out of my league.” Bubba looked quite forlorn, which wasn’t all that difficult given the state of his face.

“So, you fancy her then?”

“Fancy her?”

“You like her.”

“Well, sure, everyone likes Rachel. She’s sweet and cute and, well…”

“So why don’t you ask her out, to the cinema or something?”

“Rachel Polk? I don’t think so.”

“Why not?”

Bubba looked down at his feet.

“She was quite attentive to you on Thursday when I… uh—”

“Busted up my face?”

“Yes.”

“Well, that’s a good reason not to ask her out. I mean look at me. I lisp now.”

“Look, about that, I am terribly sorry. I suppose I ought to pay for the dentist’s bill, and once the dentist fixes you up, I’m sure Rachel will be happy to go out with you some evening. You should ask her.”

“Right. I’ll get my teeth fixed first.”

“I’ll help. Is there anything else I can do for you? I feel very bad about what happened.”

“Well, I need a good mechanic, but I don’t guess you fit that bill. Dash was going to help me with my demolition derby car, but I told him I didn’t want his help. I told him I was really pissed at him. He took it surprisingly well.” Bubba sounded confused and demoralized.

“I can help. I’ve mended my share of cars and tractors over the years.”

“No shit? Really? A guy like you with a fancy title and all?”

“I’m an engineer. And to be honest, I much prefer cocking about in the workroom than spending time being a businessman behind a desk.

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