No Place Like Home by Clopton Debra

Author:Clopton, Debra [Clopton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373873937
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2006-09-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Dottie found Cassie sitting on the backside of the RV in a chair she dragged there. It was a bit secluded and for that Dottie was thankful.

“Cassie, can we talk?”

The girl rubbed her eyes, looking down then nodded. Dottie tried to pretend she didn’t see the brightness left by the tears.

“I guess you heard.”

“Actually, I saw.” Dottie had decided to level with the girl.

“Oh.”

“I’ve only known you for a few short days, but I get the impression that you could do just about anything you wanted to.”

“Yeah, so what does that mean?”

Dottie didn’t miss the return of the girl hitchhiker. “So what was up with the bull riding? You and I both know that you could have ridden that thing standing on your head, at the speed Bob had it going.”

Cassie rubbed the toe of her tennis shoe in the grass then looked up at Dottie. “Maybe.”

“Maybe.” Dottie couldn’t help smiling. She really wanted to say the right thing. “What happened? Were you trying to make Jake jealous of Bob? Is that why you were pretending to be so helpless?” She prayed she didn’t mess up.

“No, I wasn’t trying to make him jealous. I had already realized when I saw Bob that he was the one I’d come to marry. I told you, reading about Bob in the articles made me know he was the man for me. I’m in love with him.”

Dottie faltered at the revelation. “Those are strong words. What happened with Jake? I thought you were crazy about him.”

“That’s different. Like you said, he’s a boy. Bob is a man. And a girl needs a man to marry, not a boy. That’s what my mom needed! Besides, after the stunt Jake pulled, he can forget it. I’m done with him. Done. Did you see how he carried me off? I thought he was a really nice guy but that did it!” She jerked up out of her chair and started to walk away.

“Cassie—”

“I’ll see you later, Dottie. I need to walk.”

Dottie watched the girl hurry away and felt helpless. It seemed that everything was going downhill and she didn’t know what to do about any of it.

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