Tree: A Young Adult Fringe Reality Romance by T. Nixon

Author:T. Nixon [Nixon, T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00

The next day dawned gray and dreary. I dragged myself out of bed, tired from a rough night of fitful sleep, full of dreams I couldn't quite remember. I crossed the room and peeked out the window hoping I wouldn't see rain. Rain would make it harder to sneak away to meet the stranger. I didn't see what I dreaded but instead saw a mass of coastal fog that had moved in overnight, obscuring my entire view of the yard outside. I studied the fog a moment, considered its billowing cloud-like nature. I let the filmy curtain drop and sighed, any weather could be hiding behind that veil, and late spring in the mountains, anything was possible.

I was simultaneously nervous, excited and dreading seeing the stranger. I hurried about my morning routine and my chores. All morning I looked over my shoulder expecting to see AJ at any time. I let the horses out, fed and watered them, cleaned the stalls and swept the barn. I pulled out each horse’s saddle and bridle, polished them a bit with a dry cloth and then decided it wasn't too gray a morning to ride. The sun was still hiding behind sleepy mask of fog but there was no rain.

I took each horse through the motions of grooming, saddling, bridling, mounting and a walk-trot-canter-trot walk around the pasture. They got double the exercise by following each other, whomever I wasn't riding ran alongside the one I was. Their antics and personalities made me smile and for the short time I was working hands on with them I forgot about AJ and the stranger.

I headed back up to the house for lunch, my stomach insisting I hadn't eaten any breakfast. I crossed the gravel yard with my head high, refusing to look for AJ or his truck. I would just have to get used to the idea he was around, like it or not, and start learning not to care about it. That didn’t stop me from being relieved to get to the house without running into him. I let myself into a gaggle of dogs whom I petted and then washed my hands and went about making a sandwich.

Things were quiet in the house during the day, Cherry spent all her time in the office, out on the farm cart surveying parts of the farm with Brad, making decisions and working in the tasting room. I was glad that she kept occupied and I wouldn't have to talk to her. She might mention AJ again or ask me about my plans for the afternoon. I didn't think she would approve of my meeting a handsome relative of Chester Harris- even if he was also related to James. Something about it just didn't sit right and I intended to get to the bottom of it. Isn't that the reason I agreed to meet him? So I could get more information? He had caught me severely off guard when I had seen him the day before, I wasn't in the state of mind to grill him with questions.

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