Keeping His Brat: Daddy Takes the Reins Book Three by Kessily Lewel

Author:Kessily Lewel [Lewel, Kessily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The next few days were busy ones for Charlie. The bed felt lonely without Sam in it. Between that and worrying about his condition she didn’t sleep well. Her studies were taking a backseat to the ranch work that needed to get done, but she was aware of looming deadlines, so she had to try to fit in research whenever she had a spare moment.

That left her camped in the main barn’s office where she could keep an eye on things as she worked. She forced herself to make time for a video session with Marilee because she desperately needed someone to talk to. Getting all those feelings out helped a lot.

It made it easier for her to be brave when she visited Sam in the evenings. It was obvious he was trying to put on a strong front for her. She felt guilty that he needed to do that for her. It was her fault because she’d reacted so badly to him being sick. But once she was able to talk things out with her therapist it did get easier for her to hold things together.

It was becoming clearer to her that she needed to make some friends, find someone local that she could talk to. She couldn’t deny that the therapy was helping, but it also seemed that if she had a friend to lean on a little bit, she wouldn’t have gotten so stressed when the one important person in her life got sick.

“I agree that you need more in your life than Sam, school, and the ranch. Friends are important. So, what are you going to do about it?” Marilee asked.

That was the problem. She didn’t have time to do anything about it, not while she was pulling double duty and sinking in responsibilities. “I guess when he’s better I’ll have to look into it. I honestly don’t know where to start though. I mean where do I find friends when I don’t leave the ranch?”

Charlie had already explained why being friends with the hired hands didn’t really work. “I understand the conflicts there. But besides that, Charlie, I’d like to see you have some connection outside of the ranch. It seems like you live in a bit of a microsystem. You live, work, and socialize all without leaving your land.”

“Well, yeah and that’s comfortable most of the time.” She felt guilty admitting it, as if it was wrong to be content in her own little world. “I guess I owe my father for getting me off to college. As angry as I was at the time, I’m not sure I would ever have experienced the wider world if he hadn’t.”

“Surrounding yourself with the things you know can be very comfortable, unless those things aren’t filling all your needs. In this case, I think there are some things lacking. Getting off the ranch is a good start. How about a hobby? Or maybe some charity work? Those are good ways to meet people.”

As usual Marilee had helped her to the right conclusion, but that didn’t solve the time problem.

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