Bluegrass Dawn: Bluegrass Single #2 (Bluegrass Singles) by Brooks Kathleen

Author:Brooks, Kathleen [Brooks, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laurens Publishing
Published: 2014-11-07T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Jake tore into the mail he had just received. Marcy wrote him a letter for every day of the month. Some soldiers could be patient and read one a day, but not him. He read them all and then re-read one at a time each day. Her first letter was dated over a month ago telling him she sold some alfalfa for a pretty good price. Apparently his wife was a pretty good negotiator.

Beauford and Tabby had written him as well, telling him they were helping Marcy run the farm, but she needed them less and less. She had taken to farm life like a duck to water. His chest filled with pride. He couldn’t wait to brag to the guys about how amazing his wife was.

By the tenth letter, he dropped it to the ground and laughed until tears threatened to spill. It had taken her a couple of days, but she’d finally told him she gambled with her savings and ended up winning on a fluke. When he picked up the letter, she surprised him further by telling him she put half into savings and half into the farm. She’d gotten a loan for some new equipment and was clearing even more fields in the back of the property. Gone was the young high school graduate he had left behind almost eighteen months ago, and in her place was a resilient woman.

He opened the next letter and read how Bertha, a pig Tabby had given her, was almost fifty pounds now. She also read how Violet kept eyeing the poor animal for the breakfast menu. Soon he was laughing again as Marcy recounted a story about one of the high school seniors taking a bet to pinch Violet’s behind. He ended up with a spatula to the face. It left a mark for almost a week.

His mood lifted as he tore into the twentieth letter. The crops were growing, the cows were fat, and the new tractor was a dream. Betsy had even ridden it in a sundress and pearls. Inside, he found a picture Betsy had taken of Marcy standing next to the tractor with a huge pig at her feet. His heart clutched with the pain of missing his beautiful wife as he looked down at her smiling face. She’d changed some. Her hair was longer, her breasts a little fuller, and her hips a little rounder. But her body was trimmer from all the hard work on the farm. She glowed with a tan, and some freckles had appeared on the bridge of her nose. And she had worn a miniskirt in the photo just for him. He picked the letter back up and continued to read.

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