Righteous Lies (Book 1: Dancing Moon Ranch Series) by Watters Patricia

Author:Watters, Patricia [Watters, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-12-21T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Grace looked at Jack, stunned. "You want to do what?"

"Be married when Adam arrives," Jack said. "There's a three-day wait for the license, so if we go to the courthouse now we can be married before we leave."

…maybe it's time I become an interfering mother...

Although Grace was fond of Maureen, she knew Maureen was behind this, and that Jack felt obligated to do right by her, not because he might grow to love her, or having her in his house made him realize what he'd missed in a wife, but because he didn't want his son to be a bastard. Nor did she. The only difference was, she'd be marrying Jack because she loved him. But maybe someday he'd grow to love her too. Someday when his memory of Lauren began to fade...

Jack placed his hands on her shoulders, and said, while looking closely at her, "You told me it seemed right for you to wear the rings your husband gave you since you were having his child. Well, you're having mine now, so it's right for you to wear the wedding ring I have for you." He reached in his pocket and pulled out a little box and flipped the lid, displaying a plain gold band. "It's not much," he said, "but it'll give you something to wear until we find what you want. We need to do this, Grace. We need to do it for Adam."

Grace looked up from the ring and held Jack's gaze. He was ready to make a life-long commitment to the mother of his child, when he could be done with her in eighteen years. But the fact that Jack seemed so sure of his decision, even though love had not entered the picture, prompted her to reply, "I suppose you're right. I don't want Adam to grow up with the insecurity of having unmarried parents. Where would we get married?"

"Either at the courthouse or here at the ranch. It doesn't matter."

...it doesn't matter...

Those words stung. It did matter. It mattered that she was about to make a life-long commitment, and five minutes in front of a nameless judge, with a couple of court clerks for witnesses was tantamount to taking a number and waiting in line. "I'd rather it be at the ranch," she said. "Maybe you could find a minister to come out here."

"So the ring is okay?" Jack asked, still holding out the box.

"It's fine," Grace said. She pulled the ring out from its slit in the insert in the box and put it on her finger and held out her hand and looked at it. Plain gold, for a plain woman...

"I'll get you something better later," Jack said, as if reading her thoughts.

"It's fine, really," Grace replied, feeling a stab of guilt. She'd have Jack as her husband and he'd be faithful no matter how he felt about Lauren. And they'd raise their son together, and have others. Giving Jack a faltering smile, she said, "I'll need to get you a ring too.

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