Tiny Blessings by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2024-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Clara had no doubt that Trevor would tell her he would support any choice she made where her career was concerned, but it would be nice to talk the whole decision over with him. Trevor loved Mama Lizzy, and he always liked going to the hotel for dinner when they could carve out a few hours every month or two. The two of them would go over all the pros and cons—after they spent some time in bed together, she thought and smiled. The faint scent of Youth Dew perfume lingered with her, like an omen, as she drove from the hotel out to the ranch. She inhaled deeply and thought about how she could personalize that little office. Maybe put up some old pictures of her great-grandparents, who’d built the place, then add some of Mama Lizzy’s folks, and even her favorite one of Sophia that her grandmother had taken last year at Christmas. The legacy would be on the walls to remind her that she was carrying on by doing her part.

So, you’ve basically made your decision? the voice in her head asked.

“I guess I have,” she whispered with a smile as she turned into the lane that led up to the small trailer where Trevor would live until their wedding night. Cowboys were hurrying from one place to another, but she didn’t see Trevor among them. He was probably out plowing a field or doing something with cattle that she could never quite understand.

She parked in front of the trailer, got out of her vehicle, and went inside. Trevor’s dress boots were sitting beside his recliner and his breakfast dishes were in the kitchen sink. She carried her tote bag to the bedroom and dropped it beside the unmade bed. Clara had always been a neat freak, but then, she’d been raised that way. She could hear Mama Lizzy’s voice in her head. Make your bed when you get out of it. Do the dishes as you dirty them. Keep your bathroom spotless. And that was when she was barely four years old.

She straightened the bed, moved on to the bathroom, picked up towels from the floor and took them to the kitchen, tossed them in the washing machine—after moving a load over to the dryer. Then she went to the kitchen and washed up the dishes. When she finished that she sat down in the living area and picked up a ranching magazine from the end table. Not one thing in it interested her, so she turned on the television and surfed through channels until she found one of her favorite old movies just starting, Steel Magnolias. The women in the movie were strong, and even if they were married, they made their own decisions and held on to their independence—just as her grandmother Lizzy had done.

Tears were streaming down her face at the end of the movie. When Trevor poked his head in the door she was sobbing. He hurried to her side, dropped down on his knees, and wrapped her up in a hug.

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