My Heart Belongs in Ruby City, Idaho

Author:Susanne Dietze [Dietze, Susanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-68322-327-6
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

After supper, Rebecca stood outside the restaurant and kissed Johnny’s fresh-shaven cheek. “I’ll see you in the morning. Be good to Uncle Giff, now.”

“He won’t hear a peep out of me after I hit the hay—literally, because I’m bunking in the loft.”

Uncle Giff nodded at Theodore. “You’ll see her home safely?”

“Yes, sir.” Theodore offered his arm to Rebecca. “To the boardinghouse?”

She took it and they walked in silence. Rebecca’s mind journeyed from Johnny sleeping in the hayloft to Uncle Giff’s little house behind the livery, apparently too small for Tad, too. He’d have a rough night sleeping on the cot, if the prisoners were difficult. His deputy duties kept him plenty busy. Now he’d have to lose a day of work to take her to Silver City for the annulment—

“I don’t blame you for not wanting to talk to me.”

Rebecca blinked. How silly she’d been to let her mind wander when she was alone with Theodore. “There’s a lot on my mind, I suppose.” She halted her steps. “I didn’t like arguing with you, Theodore.”

“Me, neither.” He turned and faced her but looked everywhere but her face. “It’s just hard sometimes, our situation.”

She licked her lips. “I couldn’t let Bowe bleed out, Theodore, no matter what he’s done or where he was. And if Mr. Wilkie is the only other person in town who knows how to bind a wound, what else can I do? I’m sorry it embarrassed you, though.”

“Seeing you in the saloon shocked me, I won’t lie. But I shouldn’t have shamed you like that, and I accept why you did it. Healing folks is part of you, even if it’s still a little difficult for me. I didn’t know that about you.”

It was part of her, wasn’t it? She hadn’t hesitated today. “There’s an awful lot about a person that can’t fit into a stack of letters, isn’t there?”

He chuckled. “I’m amazed I filled up a stack of letters to you. My life is boring as mush.”

“Hardly.”

They looked into each other’s eyes for a half minute. Would he kiss her? He hadn’t so much as taken her hand, because she was married to Tad—oh, now that she’d thought of him, it was difficult to stop. He was the only person she’d ever kissed, and her lips tingled just remembering it.

But Tad had no business here, between her and Theodore—who still didn’t bend his head to kiss her.

Instead, he pivoted away from her and offered his arm again.

Maybe he was thinking of Tad, too, or at least her temporary marriage. Or maybe her breath smelled like her trout supper.

She kept her head down, just in case. “Thank you for being willing to help Miss Evans earlier.”

“I did it for you.”

“I know.” Even though it would have been nice if he’d done it to be compassionate to a hungry family instead. “Johnny seemed to like her.”

“I’ll get to work cleaning out a room for him. He should be with family, especially once we’re married.”

“Thank you.” She owed Theodore so much.

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