The Rancher's Mail Order Bride (Dalton Brides Book 1) by Osbourne Kirsten

Author:Osbourne, Kirsten [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2014-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

After breakfast the following morning, Bart drove the three sisters into town. He'd kindly added a plank onto the back so there would be a second seat, and she and Libby wouldn't have to sit in the wagon bed.

Gwen thanked him for handing her up into the wagon. "Thanks for driving us to town."

Bart nodded, but said nothing.

"Why are you driving us?" Libby asked. "Wouldn't it have made more sense for you to stay and work while we went to town?"

Bart shrugged. "It would, but we decided I needed to go with you the first few times you head to town. You're not back East any longer, ladies. Out here men outnumber women. It's not safe for a lady to be wandering around town alone."

"We'd have each other," Gwen argued. She truly didn't have a problem with Bart driving them just this once. They didn't know the way to Wiggieville, so it made sense that they didn't drive themselves. Doing it every time didn't make sense, though. Gwen was used to her independence. After being locked in her room for two months, she was now in Texas under the watchful eye of her brother-in-law. Was this any way to treat an empress?

"Maybe eventually you'll get to go alone. For now, I'm driving you." His tone of voice made it clear that he wouldn't respond to any other arguments.

Bonnie was sitting close to him, clutching his arm. "I appreciate you looking out for us, Bart."

Gwen rolled her eyes at Libby who giggled. They watched the scenery as they drove. Gwen was thrilled to have a day off from cooking lessons. As much as she wanted to learn to cook well, the actual learning made her crazy. Bonnie was a hard taskmaster.

When they got to town, Bart helped them all down. "I'll wait in the wagon," he told them.

Gwen was happy to hear that. She didn't want to have her brother-in-law breathing down her neck while she browsed the only store they had available to them.

Once inside, Gwen was severely disappointed. There weren't half as many items for sale here as there were back home. While Bonnie and Libby picked out a butter churn, Gwen looked through the fabrics. There weren't many choices. Finally, at the bottom of the table, she found a bolt of cornflower blue material with tiny little flowers on it. She tucked it under her arm with a huge smile, carrying it over to her sisters.

Bonnie and Libby already had a whole pile of supplies on the counter ready to purchase. "We'll need flour, sugar, and lard as well." She turned to her sisters. "Should we get some potatoes? We need to plan what we're going to make for Thanksgiving."

Gwen nodded. "That's still a whole month away, but we can start talking about it. Are we going to eat at Libby's?"

"She has the best place for entertaining." Bonnie sighed. "I can't wait until spring when we can put our kitchen gardens in. We'll have so much more to choose from.

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