Love Drunk Cowboy by Carolyn Brown

Author:Carolyn Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781402253591
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2011-05-01T17:42:05+00:00

Chapter 10

Austin rushed home, carried her secondhand clothing into the house, and dumped them on the floor beside the washing machine. She crammed all the jeans inside the machine, added liquid detergent, and turned it on.

Then she paid the hired hands and listened with half an ear as Felix told her the rain was supposed to pass on through that night and the weekend would dry the land out so they could get back to planting on Monday.

Monday, she was supposed to be back at work in Tulsa. She would not think about that. Rye was coming home and she had to be ready for a date with him.

When the washer had finished its cycle, she tossed the jeans into the dryer, reset the washer on delicate, and tossed in the shirts. She was ironing a pair of jeans when her cell phone rang. She fished it out of her purse and answered on the third ring.

“Where were you? I was getting worried when you didn’t answer on the second ring. Is everything all right down there in the land-that-stood-still?” her mother said.

“Mother, I can take care of myself.”

“Are you on your way home?”

“I’m ironing jeans for a date tonight.”

“Don’t tease me, Austin!”

“I’m not. Molly and Greta, that’s two of Granny’s old friends, and I had banana splits at the drugstore in Ryan today and they told me about this cute little shop called The Red Barn. I bought jeans and boots for tonight’s date with Rye. We’re going for Chinese and then a movie.” She punched the speaker button and laid the phone on the windowsill beside the ironing board.

Total silence on the other end made her think her cell phone had gone dead.

“Mother?”

“I’m here.”

“Mother, I’m coming home in a couple of days. Stop worrying.”

“You’ve come so far in your career. I hate to see you throw it all away for a watermelon farm.”

Austin rolled her eyes. She hated trying to reason with her mother because the guilt trip would follow and that’s what she really, really hated.

“I’m not throwing anything away. I’m going out on a date with a really hunky cowboy. I deserve it after a hard week in the fields.”

“I don’t have to remind you that you are the only grandchild my mother and father have too. I’ve made plans for Sunday. We are having a family dinner right here. Both of your aunts are coming and your grandparents. Promise me you’ll be here. We’re eating at seven. That will give you plenty of time to drive home and get ready.”

“I will be there,” she said but her blue eyes did a double roll.

And her heart took a tumble down past her knees to the floor. Did she really want to go to Tulsa or plant watermelons?

“Good!” Barbara’s voice was suddenly chipper. “Your boss came in today to look at a new car for his wife. He mentioned that he’s looking forward to retirement in six months and that he knows you will do fine when they promote you to department supervisor.

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