The Pursuit by Elliee Atkinson

Author:Elliee Atkinson [Atkinson, Elliee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Green House Publishing Co.
Published: 2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

The daylight coming through the front window woke Molly the next morning. She pushed herself up from the couch and shook her head. Several of the pins she used in her hair had come loose. She reached up and pulled them out, one by one. When she had them all clutched in one hand, she shook her head so that her hair swayed all around her head. She reached up with her empty hand and brushed it over the long strands.

She sat there for a moment, trying to wake up and clear the fog from her brain. Yesterday was a day she would remember for quite some time. The chili cook off was great fun, seeing Mark win was an honor, and being escorted home by Luke brought some drama into her otherwise dull life.

She thought back to their ride home, how she wanted the entire time to see Mark before she left and feeling guilty that she hadn’t. Luke had tried to be charming and friendly, but she wasn’t paying attention and he often asked if she’d heard what he’d said. She apologized several times for not listening, but she could tell he was a bit frustrated with her by the time he dropped her off.

He let her off at the end of her walkway, not offering to help her down or to the door. She got down from the wagon and smiled up at him.

“See you soon. Thank you for the ride.”

“It was my pleasure, Miss Molly.” Luke picked up his hat and tilted it to her before plopping it back on his head. He clicked his tongue and was turning the wagon around. Before she knew it, he was gone.

She’d gone inside trying to hide a smile. She had annoyed him. It was bad of her to think it was funny.

Molly was still smiling about it as she remembered. Her next thought was that she wanted to go shooting. She wondered what Mark was doing on that bright Sunday morning. She got up and pushed off her shoes. She didn’t mind that she’d fallen asleep on the couch. The couch Mark had in the little house was wide and had soft cushions. She wondered who had made it. Whoever it was had to be a genius.

She went to the kitchen and started a fire in the stove. She filled up a deep pot with water and set it on one of the holes on top of the stove. While it heated the water, she went into her room and chose her clothes for the day. She pulled a brush through her hair and fixed it with the pins she’d taken out earlier. Her hair was long and wavy and required many pins to keep it in place behind her head. Her husband had bought some special cream for her hair that contained herbs for the health of her hair and scents to make it smell good. He’d also brought her several concoctions he’d received from his business partners in India that were supposed to cleanse her hair and keep it looking silky and shiny.

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