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Authors: Lori Wick
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next door tonight. Mam and Laura are
under the weather, and Laura needs a little cheering up.
Would you like to come?"
"If you're sure I won't be in the way."
"Not at all. We'll go right after cleanup."
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Which is precisely what they did. Slater had offered to
cook that evening. He'd been overrun with homesickness
that day and wanted to make a beef dish that his family
often had on the ranch. The weather was cooler now--he
could head home anytime--but something compelled him
to stay on in Shotgun; more specifically, to stay on with
Griffin. He'd sent word to his oldest brother and folks
about where he was, but right now he couldn't leave.
Walking next door and going through the back, just like
family, made him very glad he'd stayed.
Griffin led the way through the kitchen, through the
dining area they'd eaten in last Sunday, and into the parlor.
Zach was reading a book, Liberty had sewing in her lap,
and Laura was swathed in quilts on the chair, bright-eyed
with fever and remarkably wide awake.
"Hi, Griff." Zach was the first to spot him,
"Hey, Zach," Griffin said as he leaned down to hug the
boy. "How was your day?"
"It was good. I lasted three rounds in the spelling bee."
"Good job. Do you remember Mr. Rawlings? He lives
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with me now."
"Hello," Zach said with a smile.
"Hi, Zach. You can call me Slater if you want to."
"All right. My sister's sick."
"I heard about that."
Griffin took a seat, so Slater did the same thing. From
his place next to Zach, Griffin looked over at his younger
sister.
"Are you going to come and see me, Laura?"
"Papa says I'm not supposed to run around."
Liberty's hand came to her mouth, and Griffin smiled.
"It won't be running around just to come over here to
my lap."
Laura looked to Liberty, but that woman only smiled at
her. Dragging along one small blanket and a stuffed bunny
that had seen better days, Laura left the chair and went to
Griffin's lap on the davenport.
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"Where's Mam?" Griffin asked Liberty as soon as he
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hugged and kissed his very warm sister.
"She feels miserable, so Duff is putting her to bed."
Griffin looked down at the hot bundle in his lap. "Did
you share your cold with Mam?"
"I think so, but her throat doesn't hurt"
"And yours does?"
'I'm not supposed to talk."
"Well, we both know how long thaf s going to last"
Laura only smiled and laid her head against him.
"How's the work on the porch going, Mr. Rawlings?"
Liberty asked.
"I would say we're about half done. Mrs. Tobler doesn't
want us there before 8:00, so by midafternoon the sun gets
a little intense."
"If s anyone's guess why she doesn't want you there
earlier," Griffin speculated.
"I think she said something about disturbing her breakfast"
"I'm amazed that Hank puts up with it. He's pretty
much his own man," Liberty commented.
"He's not as eager to work as he once was," Griffin
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said. "Has he talked to you, Slater, about missing Price?"
"Not in so many words, but one day he expected me to
lift the wagon for him and muttered something about Price
never having any trouble. It made me wonder about the
man I've replaced."
"Price is big," Laura suddenly put in, and Zach came
alive.
"He lifted Miss Amy's horse right out of the creek. I
saw it! He didn't even groan."
"I think they should have been married," Laura stated,
and the occupants of the room stared at her.
"Who?" Griffin finally asked.
"Price and Miss Amy. He won't find a nice girl like her
in Austin."
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Zach looked at her as if she'd grown two heads, but the
adults in the room were all working not to laugh. Griffin
hugged her close so he could hide his face, and Slater
dropped his head down to check for stains on the front of
107
his shirt. Liberty became very involved with her sewing.
"That's just dumb, Laura," Zach told her mildly. "Why
would Price want to get married?"
"Because it's fun/' Laura told him. "Mam and
under the weather, and Laura needs a little cheering up.
Would you like to come?"
"If you're sure I won't be in the way."
"Not at all. We'll go right after cleanup."
62 lori wick
103
Which is precisely what they did. Slater had offered to
cook that evening. He'd been overrun with homesickness
that day and wanted to make a beef dish that his family
often had on the ranch. The weather was cooler now--he
could head home anytime--but something compelled him
to stay on in Shotgun; more specifically, to stay on with
Griffin. He'd sent word to his oldest brother and folks
about where he was, but right now he couldn't leave.
Walking next door and going through the back, just like
family, made him very glad he'd stayed.
Griffin led the way through the kitchen, through the
dining area they'd eaten in last Sunday, and into the parlor.
Zach was reading a book, Liberty had sewing in her lap,
and Laura was swathed in quilts on the chair, bright-eyed
with fever and remarkably wide awake.
"Hi, Griff." Zach was the first to spot him,
"Hey, Zach," Griffin said as he leaned down to hug the
boy. "How was your day?"
"It was good. I lasted three rounds in the spelling bee."
"Good job. Do you remember Mr. Rawlings? He lives
104
with me now."
"Hello," Zach said with a smile.
"Hi, Zach. You can call me Slater if you want to."
"All right. My sister's sick."
"I heard about that."
Griffin took a seat, so Slater did the same thing. From
his place next to Zach, Griffin looked over at his younger
sister.
"Are you going to come and see me, Laura?"
"Papa says I'm not supposed to run around."
Liberty's hand came to her mouth, and Griffin smiled.
"It won't be running around just to come over here to
my lap."
Laura looked to Liberty, but that woman only smiled at
her. Dragging along one small blanket and a stuffed bunny
that had seen better days, Laura left the chair and went to
Griffin's lap on the davenport.
Every Little Thing About You 63
"Where's Mam?" Griffin asked Liberty as soon as he
105
hugged and kissed his very warm sister.
"She feels miserable, so Duff is putting her to bed."
Griffin looked down at the hot bundle in his lap. "Did
you share your cold with Mam?"
"I think so, but her throat doesn't hurt"
"And yours does?"
'I'm not supposed to talk."
"Well, we both know how long thaf s going to last"
Laura only smiled and laid her head against him.
"How's the work on the porch going, Mr. Rawlings?"
Liberty asked.
"I would say we're about half done. Mrs. Tobler doesn't
want us there before 8:00, so by midafternoon the sun gets
a little intense."
"If s anyone's guess why she doesn't want you there
earlier," Griffin speculated.
"I think she said something about disturbing her breakfast"
"I'm amazed that Hank puts up with it. He's pretty
much his own man," Liberty commented.
"He's not as eager to work as he once was," Griffin
106
said. "Has he talked to you, Slater, about missing Price?"
"Not in so many words, but one day he expected me to
lift the wagon for him and muttered something about Price
never having any trouble. It made me wonder about the
man I've replaced."
"Price is big," Laura suddenly put in, and Zach came
alive.
"He lifted Miss Amy's horse right out of the creek. I
saw it! He didn't even groan."
"I think they should have been married," Laura stated,
and the occupants of the room stared at her.
"Who?" Griffin finally asked.
"Price and Miss Amy. He won't find a nice girl like her
in Austin."
64 lori wick
Zach looked at her as if she'd grown two heads, but the
adults in the room were all working not to laugh. Griffin
hugged her close so he could hide his face, and Slater
dropped his head down to check for stains on the front of
107
his shirt. Liberty became very involved with her sewing.
"That's just dumb, Laura," Zach told her mildly. "Why
would Price want to get married?"
"Because it's fun/' Laura told him. "Mam and
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