The Not Quite Mail-Order Bride by Leah Atwood

Author:Leah Atwood [Atwood, Leah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-06T06:00:00+00:00

The Truth Revealed

Today was the day. The train on which Wyatt believed his bride to be would arrive today. Only, it would be Caroline waiting for him instead. She would wait until all the passengers unloaded and then confess that it was she who wrote the letter. Wyatt would pick her up and twirl her around as onlookers watched the happy couple and smiled at young love.

At half past noon, she closed the office and strolled over to the station. It took great self-control to not run in her excitement.

“Wyatt,” she called out when she saw him. He looked especially handsome today. Though his hat was still on, she could tell by the lack of hair hanging out that he’d had a fresh haircut. His trousers also looked new, and his shirt freshly laundered and pressed. Inhaling, she could smell his spicy, natural scent mixed with a clean soap smell.

“Caroline, what are you doing here?” he asked, appearing to be surprised at her presence.

All thoughts of her plan to wait until the train unloaded faded away. Why keep him waiting when the woman he wanted was right here. Taking a deep breath, she summoned up every ounce of bravery she possessed.

“There is something I must tell you.” Her hands fisted from nervousness.

“Can it wait? This is not the best time.” He glanced to the train.

“No, I need to tell you now,” she answered.

He looked back and forth between her and the train. “I guess they’ll be a few minutes unloading still. What must you tell me?”

“The thing is, well, there is no one on that train for you.” Caroline’s words faltered as her bravado faded.

Wyatt’s face contorted into a confused look. “What do you mean? Cara is going to be on this train. She sent back her confirmation weeks ago.”

“No, Wyatt, I am Cara. I wrote you that letter,” she confessed to him.

The confusion set deeper in his face. “I don’t understand.”

“Can we go talk at the office? Perhaps a private setting would be better,” she suggested much more calmly than her now frayed nerves felt.

“Let’s go,” Wyatt said through clenched teeth, clearly not happy.

They made their way back to the post office, and Caroline locked the door again behind them. Customers would just have to wait.

“Now, please explain exactly what’s going on?” Wyatt’s demand his was lined with irritation.

“When you first approached me about helping you, I foolishly thought you had come to ask if you could court me. You never gave any impression you wanted anything beyond our friendship, but I let my heart get ahead of me. I felt something for you I hadn’t felt since Adam.”

“I had no idea.” Wyatt’s expression was unreadable at the moment.

“I knew that once you were married our friendship would change. The thought broke my heart, and I didn’t want to lose you. I came up with the idea to reply to your letter with one of my own.” She paused to take a deep breath. “I even used my childhood nickname and maiden name.

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