Project Enterprise: The Short Stories by Jones Pauline Baird

Author:Jones, Pauline Baird [Jones, Pauline Baird]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780988881884
Goodreads: 21818376
Publisher: Untreed Reads Publishing
Published: 2012-10-15T07:00:00+00:00

Ani spent the first hour of the ride trying hard not to think about what she’d seen, what Chance had said. But as the moon climbed—again—not thinking got harder and harder to manage.

We’re not where we were. The lights, they did something to time.

She’d write him off as crazy, but for the moon. And the feel of the night air, it was different from how it had been when they left the camp. And that thing. And the way it had felt before things…changed.

Could be dreaming, which would be a pity, cause then she wouldn’t have her first ever proposal. Or the faint hope of an actual wedding. She touched her chest, where she’d shoved the bills into the corset that helped flatten her chest. The thought of it did help—if it were real. It felt real. Could she dream—or even imagine a kiss like that? Warmed her up nice even now, just thinking about that kiss. Course, thinking about that thing killed warm. If she was dreaming, it was a powerful clear dream. Didn’t seem to be waking up if she were asleep.

Should probably worry more about Pa, but he hadn’t exactly put himself out for her. He’d sent her off into the night with Chance and then most likely gone to sleep—after imbibing some of his elixir for his aches and pains. She’d wait the couple of days for Chance, but if he didn’t show, if he couldn’t show, she’d take the chance he’d offered and take the train east. Pa might waste a few days looking for her, but then he’d make his way to Marfa. She’d want to be gone before he got there. Be better for her if his “son” was lost in the desert.

Instead of the hotel, she’d go to Angelica. She’d been kind to them last year, might even suspect Ani was a girl. Could help her get some proper clothes. Pa’d never suspect that. Angelica could take a note to the hotel for Chance, tell him where to find her. Or her Roberto could. They both worked at the hotel, though Roberto dreamed of working for the railroad. He did like steam engines and such. Be easy for either of them to leave the note in a way that no one would know where it came from, just in case Pa got the notion to ask a few questions. Was it wrong to hope Chance did come? Cause she did, she hoped something fierce.

Hope. Been a long time since she’d felt it.

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