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Sunday. He asked your mother to chaperone. She suggested I stay out here and come in for the wedding on Sunday. She said, “I know Case well enough to trust, and I think I know you, and besides, what harm would it do? I stayed and nothing happened, and we were married on Sunday.”
“You left the part out about undressing me and getting in the bed with me.”
“I’d like to hear that part,” Carrie said.
“So would I,”CP said.
“We had a really bad storm come up that night. We had to go out with the herd and keep them from stampeding. It was a cold rain, and when I came back, I was soaking wet. She was using this bedroom, and I was in the one upstairs. I guess she heard me come in, and came into the kitchen where I was struggling with my boots. She helped get those off, and ordered me upstairs and to get out of the wet clothes. She came up to check and found me still shivering. She got into bed and hugged me until I stopped shivering. And that’s the truth, so help me. Your father performed the ceremony on Sunday, and the rest is history.”
“What a romantic story,” Carrie exclaimed.
“Mama, you went to bed with Papa before you were ma rried?” CP said in a faux shocked voice.
“I guess I did, ” his mother said.
Later that day, at the Owens home…
Letty greeted them at the door. “I guess seeing this contingent, the patient is better,” she said, with an expectant smile.
“He is,” her daughter said. “Mama, I’m going to be Mrs. Carter Patrick Jamison. He asked me this morning and I said yes. We’re going to be married.”
She hugged her daughter, fiercely. “I’m so happy for you, Honey,” she said. She turned to her best friend. “Our dream came true, huh?”
“Yes, it did. I think she made a big difference. She stayed right with him until I made her go to bed. When I went into the room the next morning, she was there, holding his hand, with her head on the bed, fast asleep. The first word he said was “Carrie.”
Letty said, “We are well and truly blessed.” She turned and called out, “Jack, come in here. We’ve got something to tell you.”
When he came into the room, Carrie said, “Papa, will you marry CP and me?”
“When did this happen?” he asked.
“This morning,” his daughter said.
He grabbed her and held her in a big bear hug. It would be my great honor and privilege to conduct the ceremony.
The week before the wedding…
Case and Carrie were sitting in their living room with CP and Carrie Elizabeth.
Case said, “We want to give you a honeymoon trip. A nywhere in the world, you would like to go.”
“Papa, to tell the truth, we were thinking about a house here on the Lazy J,” CP said.
“Good point. Your mother and I have talked about this a good bit lately. When you finish school, and come back home, I want you to take over the ranch. I’ll still be here for advice, but it’s going to be yours to run. We’ve been thinking about doing some traveling.
“You know, I haven’t been out of the state since your grandpa moved us here when I was a kid. We haven’t even taken a vacation since we were married, and it’s time we saw some more of the world besides Montana. If we do that, then this big old house would sit empty, and that would be a shame. We were kind of hoping you two would live here. We could fix a space for you.”
CP looked at his fiancé. “Pop, it sounds good. Let us talk it over.”
Carrie was staying at the ranch and using CP’s bedroom, since the stairs were out of the question for him. “What do you think?” she asked.
“Well, you know how I feel about the Lazy J. I would love it, but could you live with Mama and Papa?”
“I could, and I think it’s a wonderful idea. What about Maude. Will she stay here while your Mama and Papa are gone?”
“It wouldn’t be home without her, he said, “but she may want to slow down. She has her own house over by the bunkhouse.”
The next morning, they told his parents
“You left the part out about undressing me and getting in the bed with me.”
“I’d like to hear that part,” Carrie said.
“So would I,”CP said.
“We had a really bad storm come up that night. We had to go out with the herd and keep them from stampeding. It was a cold rain, and when I came back, I was soaking wet. She was using this bedroom, and I was in the one upstairs. I guess she heard me come in, and came into the kitchen where I was struggling with my boots. She helped get those off, and ordered me upstairs and to get out of the wet clothes. She came up to check and found me still shivering. She got into bed and hugged me until I stopped shivering. And that’s the truth, so help me. Your father performed the ceremony on Sunday, and the rest is history.”
“What a romantic story,” Carrie exclaimed.
“Mama, you went to bed with Papa before you were ma rried?” CP said in a faux shocked voice.
“I guess I did, ” his mother said.
Later that day, at the Owens home…
Letty greeted them at the door. “I guess seeing this contingent, the patient is better,” she said, with an expectant smile.
“He is,” her daughter said. “Mama, I’m going to be Mrs. Carter Patrick Jamison. He asked me this morning and I said yes. We’re going to be married.”
She hugged her daughter, fiercely. “I’m so happy for you, Honey,” she said. She turned to her best friend. “Our dream came true, huh?”
“Yes, it did. I think she made a big difference. She stayed right with him until I made her go to bed. When I went into the room the next morning, she was there, holding his hand, with her head on the bed, fast asleep. The first word he said was “Carrie.”
Letty said, “We are well and truly blessed.” She turned and called out, “Jack, come in here. We’ve got something to tell you.”
When he came into the room, Carrie said, “Papa, will you marry CP and me?”
“When did this happen?” he asked.
“This morning,” his daughter said.
He grabbed her and held her in a big bear hug. It would be my great honor and privilege to conduct the ceremony.
The week before the wedding…
Case and Carrie were sitting in their living room with CP and Carrie Elizabeth.
Case said, “We want to give you a honeymoon trip. A nywhere in the world, you would like to go.”
“Papa, to tell the truth, we were thinking about a house here on the Lazy J,” CP said.
“Good point. Your mother and I have talked about this a good bit lately. When you finish school, and come back home, I want you to take over the ranch. I’ll still be here for advice, but it’s going to be yours to run. We’ve been thinking about doing some traveling.
“You know, I haven’t been out of the state since your grandpa moved us here when I was a kid. We haven’t even taken a vacation since we were married, and it’s time we saw some more of the world besides Montana. If we do that, then this big old house would sit empty, and that would be a shame. We were kind of hoping you two would live here. We could fix a space for you.”
CP looked at his fiancé. “Pop, it sounds good. Let us talk it over.”
Carrie was staying at the ranch and using CP’s bedroom, since the stairs were out of the question for him. “What do you think?” she asked.
“Well, you know how I feel about the Lazy J. I would love it, but could you live with Mama and Papa?”
“I could, and I think it’s a wonderful idea. What about Maude. Will she stay here while your Mama and Papa are gone?”
“It wouldn’t be home without her, he said, “but she may want to slow down. She has her own house over by the bunkhouse.”
The next morning, they told his parents
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