Texas Wild: The Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs Book 2 by Jean Brashear

Author:Jean Brashear [Brashear, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Texas
Publisher: Jean Brashear
Published: 2014-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“A lot of food for one person,” Scarlett noted. She kept slicing this, paring that, wrapping it up. A sideways glance. “Got some company going with you on this picnic?”

He’d given Rissa wide berth for two days now. He’d gone to see Ian’s dad. Worked some around their ranch. Helped out Veronica again.

But he missed Rissa. And she worked too hard.

He’d decided she needed some fun, and he’d enlisted Scarlett’s help. “You wouldn’t be nosey or anything.”

“Me? Of course not. I don’t stoop to gossip. I’m—” She began to laugh. “I’ve discovered a near-insatiable appetite for knowing what every last person in this town is up to.” She shook her head, her smile widening. “It’s a side effect of being at Ruby’s. Nothing goes on that doesn’t make its way through here at some point, and you know what? All my life I wished for a real home, a place to belong. I adored my mom, don’t ever doubt it, and I thought we were enough for each other, but…” One slender shoulder lifted. “If I’d known this place was waiting for me…”

“You wouldn’t have given up New York or Paris for it,” he said.

“I don’t know…” Her graceful hands stilled. She stared into the distance. Her head tilted. “I freaking love it. I adore this place.”

“C’mon. This is me you’re talking to. We’ve seen more of the world than the rest of this town put together.”

She turned big blue eyes on him. “But you know the old saying: if you like where you are, don’t regret the road that got you here. I can’t even think about not having met Ian or Nana or…” She grinned. “Even Cousin Crankypants.”

“She has a name, Scarlett.”

She studied him with new eyes. “Taking her side, are you?”

“There shouldn’t be sides. She isn’t—”

Scarlett touched his arm. “I get it. She’s coming to mean something to you. She means something to me, too, Mackey. She just doesn’t want to.”

“Yeah. Beats me how she can be so calm with the horses when she’s more skittish than any of them.”

“Life hasn’t been particularly kind to her.”

“She’s lonely.” And so am I, he suddenly realized. Wow. He glanced over. “You really think you can live the rest of your life in this little burg, after all you’ve seen of the world?”

“Anywhere can be lonely if your heart is missing. And nowhere can be paradise if the right person is in it with you.”

“So you’re stuck here.”

She grinned. “Like glue. But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to drag Ian off to see the world every chance we get. He has a library of travel books like you wouldn’t believe. I want him to see the real thing. Having a home to return to doesn’t mean you can’t ever leave, it just means you know where you belong. Home can be a person as much as a place. Home can travel with you.”

He took the large bag she handed him, his thoughts caught on the concept. He’d never known where he belonged.

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