Texas Home by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2019-04-11T13:46:21+00:00

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Lone Star Baby

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

One

Amy Thornton was out of money, out of luck and out of hope. Well, she had a little cash left, but her luck had definitely run out, and as for her reserves of hope—they were nonexistent. When the Greyhound bus rolled into the bowling-alley parking lot in Promise, Texas, she stayed in her seat. Disinterested and almost numb, she stared out the window.

Promise seemed like a friendly town. June flower baskets, filled to overflowing with blooming perennials, hung from the streetlights. People stopped to chat, and there was a leisurely, almost festive atmosphere that Amy observed with yearning. Smoke wafted from a barbecue restaurant, and farther down the street, at Frasier Feed, chairs were set up next to a soda machine. A couple of men in cowboy hats and boots sat with their feet propped against the railing; they appeared to find something highly humorous. One of them threw back his head, laughing boisterously. His amusement was contagious and Amy found herself smiling, too.

A couple of people boarded the bus. As soon as they’d taken their seats, the bus doors closed. “Next stop is Brewster,” the driver announced.

“Excuse me!” Amy cried, and surprised herself by leaping to her feet. “I want to get off here.”

“Here?” The driver looked at her as if he thought he’d misunderstood. The bus had sat there for fifteen minutes without her saying a word.

“Yes,” she said, as though Promise had been her destination all along. “I’ll need my suitcase.”

Muttering irritably under his breath, the driver climbed out of the bus, opened the luggage compartment and extracted her travel-worn case.

Five minutes later, choking on the bus’s exhaust, Amy stood in the parking lot, wondering what madness had possessed her. She was homeless, without a job and nearly six months pregnant. She didn’t know a soul in this town, yet she felt compelled to start her new life here. Away from her mother. Away from Alex. Away from all the unhappiness that had driven her out of Dallas.

Austin had been her original destination. Her mother’s cousin lived there—not that Beverly Ramsey was expecting her. But she was the only other family Amy had. Moving to Austin had seemed preferable to staying in Dallas, and despite the pregnancy, she’d felt confident she could find employment fairly quickly, if not in an accounting office, then perhaps as a temp. Anything would do for now, as long as she managed to meet her expenses until she located something more permanent. Naturally she’d hoped that Beverly would invite her to stay until she found an apartment. Two weeks, she’d promised herself. No longer. Just until she was back on her feet. Yet the thought of calling her mother’s cousin mortified Amy. Her mother had sponged off Beverly’s kindheartedness for years. It went against everything in Amy to ask for help. She’d rather make it on her own.

If only she knew what to do.

Promise, Texas. Holding her suitcase with both hands, she glanced down Main Street again.

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