The Texan Takes a Wife by Charlene Sands

Author:Charlene Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Seven

Two days later, Erin glanced out her bedroom window to a deep blue sky. The dark clouds that had hovered overhead for days were gone, and now beautiful white cloud puffs let the sunshine through. Everything outside had dried, the grass christened by rain grew greener, the leaves on the oak trees wavered in the breeze and the dark pounded earth was that rich deep red-brown again.

The storm that raged had left flooded streets especially in the flatlands and that included most of Royal, but there were no deaths and no major structural damage to the buildings and schools and roadways. Yes, there were more potholes on the streets, and some windows got blown out and a small section of town lost power for a short time, but for the most part, Royal weathered the storm pretty well.

We got lucky this time, Dan had said, after the storm had passed.

It touched her deeply that Dan had sought her out and made sure she was safe during the storm. He had a protective streak a mile long. She saw it in the way he’d wanted to find Maverick and make the guy pay for his crimes, and she saw it in the way he gathered up stray animals, bringing them into the safety of his home. What she didn’t know was, how he felt about her. Did he lump her into his “stray” category, consider her someone who needed protection from fake bulls and torrential storms? Or did he care for her more deeply?

He hadn’t shared any of his feelings with her. And it was beginning to really bug her. So much so, she was through trying to hide behind her fears. She had to confront her situation head-on. There were too many unknowns in her life.

Did she have a job? She’d had a phone interview with an administrator of Lincoln Elementary, but hadn’t heard a word yet about the outcome.

Was she leaving Texas after the holidays? One way or another, she pretty much had to, didn’t she?

And most important of all, was she going to have a baby? Dan’s baby.

She hadn’t gotten up the nerve to take a pregnancy test yet.

She trembled at the thought of being pregnant. What would Dan’s reaction be? He made no bones about how he spent his life as a loner, a man who didn’t make relationship commitments. A man who while in the quiet shell of the bunker yesterday, spoke sobering words of honesty, revealing the terrible pain of his childhood. She couldn’t imagine growing up without a mom and dad supporting her, guiding her, loving her. No child should go through that instability and heartache.

“Oh, Dan,” she whispered against the windowpane.

Her phone buzzed and she walked to her nightstand to pick it up. It wasn’t Dan as she’d hoped, but it was someone she’d wanted to speak with, someone she was expecting. “Hello, Mrs. Lawrence. Yes, this is Erin Sinclair.”

“Well, I hope I have good news for you. You are our first choice to be Lincoln Elementary School’s new musical director.

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