Little Sam's Angel by Wills Larion

Author:Wills, Larion [Wills, Larion]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: self
Published: 2014-09-21T07:00:00+00:00

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The bed was comfortable, easy to sleep in. He was there for three nights, careful to do everything Sally told him, so there'd be no chance of making his stay any longer. It wasn't because they weren't the nicest people he'd ever met. They were, but the more he was around Sammy, the less likely it was that he could keep from showing how he was starting to think of her. Sometimes he thought maybe she was feeling the same, like the time she told him it was one of her father's shirts he was wearing, and he filled it well. He pretended he thought she meant the fit, afraid maybe he was wrong about her meaning he was as good a man as her father.

When he put his own clothes back on, the shirt had been ironed and the button he remembered tearing off was back on it. Sally said she didn't do it when he thanked her, which meant Sammy'd done it, like maybe she liked doing for him. Then he'd remember what Morey had told him how her pa taught her to never look down on no man and how she was just naturally considerate and told himself he was seeing more into it than he should.

Sammy stayed gone most all day every day he was there, but anytime she came around him after she came in for the evening, he got an all-choked up feeling and tongue tied. If it weren't for talking about Danny, he wouldn't be able to say anything at all to her. Maybe they all thought it was all right for him to talk to her, but they sure wouldn't think it was right if they knew he was thinking of her in a whole lot different way than friend and neighbor.

When he and Danny got ready to leave she was standing on the porch. Sally was in the wagon with Danny, and he was wishing he had Danny in his arms or a hat in his hands since he didn't know what to do with them while he thanked her again.

"Anything I can ever do to repay you, you just let me know," he said lamely.

"I've yet to repay you, Mr. Taylor. Good-bye."

She disappeared into the house before he could ask her what she meant, leaving him with a feeling like he'd forgot to wipe his mouth and had egg on it from breakfast. It was the kind of thing that works on a man's imagination, so he asked Sally what she'd meant.

"Saving the place for her, I reckon," Sally answered.

"Smith set the bargain, not me."

"You could have kept it from her, and that place means a whole lot more than you realize."

"Hardly be missed with all she's got."

"Not that piece. Ain't you never wondered why the house is so nice, why it had a garden already planted, or why it has a well and a pump in the house?"

"Always figured it was too much for what it was built for," he admitted.

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