Love Me Today by Jackson A. L

Author:Jackson, A. L. [Jackson, A. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Adult
ISBN: 9781960730114
Amazon: B0C41V7G8R
Goodreads: 146315972
Publisher: A.L. Jackson Books Inc.
Published: 2023-05-29T07:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FIVE

PAISLEY

I tapped at the door before I pushed down on the latch, popping my head into the wisping shadows of my grandfather’s house. “Grandpa, it’s just me.”

“In here,” he hollered back.

Heaviness overwhelmed my heart as I stepped into the house.

Torn.

Called between two different places that felt equally important. Yet, I was making a decision, wasn’t I? Picking one over the other?

I crept forward until I was standing in the archway, emotion cresting as I looked at where my grandfather sat in the same recliner that he’d had for as long as I could remember. So many times, I’d sat at his feet while he told me wild stories, and other times I’d sat perched on the arm, eager for comfort or wisdom.

And there I stood, for the second time in my life, feeling like I might be letting him down.

“What’s wrong, sweetheart?” He pushed forward, closing the leg rest, his white hair wild and sticking up all over the place.

I attempted to swallow around the knot in my throat. “I need to talk to you about something.”

“Are you hurt?” Anxiety shot into his voice, and I shook my head, easing forward to sit on the hearth that was near his chair. “No, I’m not hurt.”

“Then what’s put that sad look on your face?” He leaned forward, reaching out and swiping the pad of his thumb over my cheek as he studied me. “Funny, there’s also hope in those eyes at the same time.”

I choked over a soft laugh. “Because I’m feeling both, Grandpa.”

He nodded his head as if he’d already read the convoluted mix of melancholy and the spark of something too bright that was shining out of the middle of it.

Glowing from the center where this new feeling had lit.

“I got offered a job,” I continued.

Belief spread through his expression. “Doesn’t surprise me one bit. Working with horses?”

Hesitation brimmed, and my tongue stroked out over my bottom lip. “Not exactly. The little girl I’ve been training? You know how I spent the last couple days babysitting her?”

“Sure.”

“It was offered to me as a permanent position.”

I left what it really meant hanging in the middle of us. Grandpa pushed right into it.

“And what’s the sad part? You aren’t sure you want to do it? It’s not exactly a full-time training position with horses, but you’d still be out there on that ranch and working with the horses? Am I right about that?”

“Yeah.”

“Then what’s the problem, unless you don’t want to have to spend your time caring for a child?”

My chest expanded. “No, it’s not that. I really…” I hesitated, not sure I wanted to say it aloud. Showing my cards would reveal too much. “I really enjoy spending time with her. And the horses…”

“Then what’s the problem?” With the way he said it, he already knew. He was just pushing me to lay it out.

“I’m not sure I want to leave you.”

Air huffed from his nose, and he took my hand. “I love having you here, Paisley, but me and your grandma didn’t raise you to get stuck under this roof.

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