The Cowgirl's Secret (The Diamondback Ranch Series #) by Novark Anne Marie

Author:Novark, Anne Marie [Novark, Anne Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anne Marie Novark Books
Published: 2013-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

"Go, Sammy. Go with your lady for Spring Break," Sam's Aunt Carina said. "Forget your worries and leave your madre to me. You both could use a little vacation from each other. And me, I will enjoy a nice visit with my sister. Isn't that the reason I travelled all the way from San Antonio? To be with Mary while you go with your lady?"

Sam stared first at his Tia Carina and then at his mother. He'd made plans to go away with Tori and Raenell and Joe. Only now he felt guilty and was having second thoughts about leaving. "Mama, are you certain you'll be okay?"

Putting on the brave face he recognized so well, Mary Garza sat on the sofa with the small dog Tori had rescued. "Carina is right. Go and have fun. Your aunt will take good care of me. You deserve a little fun, Sammy. Give Tori my love and tell her Poncho is happy and healthy. Now, I don't expect you back until the end of next week. Carina will be more than ready to return home by then, and you and I will get back to our regularly scheduled program of chemo and radiation treatments."

"Only if you're certain." Sam leaned over and rubbed Poncho's floppy brown ears. The little dog had truly been a godsend for his mother, adding a joyful element to her otherwise pain-wracked existence.

"Sammy, I'm sure. Now go. Carina and I have much to discuss."

Sam hesitated only a second before bending to kiss his mother's cheek. "I love you, Mama."

Mary cupped her son's jaw with gentle fingers, her brown eyes glimmering with tenderness. "I love you, too. Have a good time, mijo. Call or text to let me know when you get there."

"I will." He moved away to give his aunt a hug before heading to his room to call Tori and begin packing for Cancun. Five days and nights on the beach and in bed with Tori had his heart pounding a mile a minute with anticipation.

Ignoring the stab of guilt for abandoning his mother, Sam told himself he was leaving her in capable loving hands. Tia Carina hadn't been to Dallas in a while. It had taken some doing, but his aunt had arranged for the care of her two children still living at home in San Antonio. They were in high school and could pretty much fend for themselves.

He inhaled a deep breath. A visit with her sister would do his mother a world of good. And getting away from it all with the woman he loved would do Sam a world of good, too. He would push all his worries away for a brief time and lose himself in Tori's eager embrace.

Pulling open the top drawer of his bureau, Sam took out a small velvet box. He flipped it open and gazed at the two-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring he'd bought last week. A special ring for the special woman in his life.

He'd never asked a woman to marry him before.

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