Stars Always Shine by Rick Rivera

Author:Rick Rivera
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-939743-02-2
Publisher: Bilingual Press
Published: 2014-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Salvador continued to work on the ranch with his persistent enthusiasm. He finished painting the fences and he worked devotedly on the hoses that burst with more regularity each day. He once again had a place in the world—a place on this ranch, even though he understood his position was on a monthly basis. In a sense, he had experienced two lives on the same ranch: an illegal one and a legal one.

Having a green card made Salvador a much more social being. A couple of times during the week, he visited the Boot Hill Bar and danced and drank with an ease he had never felt before. He would ride his bicycle home when his revelry was over, and he was dependable in waking up early to begin his ranch duties.

At the end of the busy work week, as the milk barn was quickly transformed into a very trendy apartment, everybody on the ranch looked forward to the weekend for various reasons.

Jacqueline drove the right angles as she approached StarRidge Ranch and thought about the next few days she and Mickey would spend in her cozy cabin. She would suggest to Mickey that maybe they could move onto the ranch after the new year as soon as the rains subsided. Together they would work the ranch as she had seen Mitch and Place do. And together they could do the things that she had daydreamed about and was imagining as she turned onto her property.

Mickey was exhausted as he walked around the new apartment applying some finishing touches. He was excited too. He looked forward to his hunting trip and thought about all the fun he had had the year before. He still had the address of a female friend, and he was anxious to see her. He even missed her, and a few times during the week he had called her to assure her that they would spend as much time together as possible. She was a wiry young cowgirl who had caught his eye one night in a bar the previous year. She had made him court her for the rest of the week before giving herself up to him the day before his hunting trip was over. This courtship impressed Mickey. It was a more romantic relationship than he felt he had with Jacqueline, who offered no challenge on their first date, and since, often blamed her lack of steaming passion on the interferences of economics and the demands of a busy schedule.

Place was looking forward to watching the Kittles’ red truck drive off and knowing that they would be gone for the rest of the year and possibly longer. He knew that he, Mitch, and Salvador could work without meaningless distractions, and at least for a little while it would be as if the ranch was theirs. He was also looking forward to the new year. He felt good about knowing that they would not stay on the ranch as long as they had anticipated.

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