going. I have a date with a very beautiful woman
tonight. I’m taking a widow in town,
Josephine Marken, to dinner at the hotel.”
“She’s
a nice lady,” Mindy spoke up as she and Brett rose from the table. If you are going to be in town for awhile,
please come this Sunday after church to dinner.”
“I’d
like that.”
They
walked Brentley out to his buggy and Mindy was surprised to see the man who
drove it still standing there waiting and the men riding the horses still
mounted. She walked over to
Brentley. “Thank you for coming.” She rose on tiptoe and placed a kiss on his
cheek.
“There’s
only one thing I ask of you.”
“What’s
that?” Mindy asked, a little leery of
what the question was.
“That
you notify me immediately when I have a grandchild on the way. I will come visit for a month so I can be
here when the baby is born.”
“Aren’t
you getting a little head of yourself, father?” She grinned.
“Not
in the least. I want grandchildren that
I can pass my businesses down to. Not
all your children will want to be ranchers.”
Mindy
heard Brett chuckle as Brentley walked to stand before him. “Son, you’ve done well.”
Brett
took the hand he offered and shook it. His father never hugged him after he turned thirteen. “Thank you, father.”
Mindy
put her arm around Brett’s waist and watched as his father left. She’d never met a man like him before in her
life. She looked up at Brett. “I think we should start working harder on
those grandkids your pa wants. He needs
help. He can’t do all that work himself.”
Brett
laughed, picked her up, and carried her upstairs to their room. “Mrs. Connors, I’d be delighted to provide my
father with grandchildren, but the firstborn son will stay on this ranch
whether he likes it or not.”
“What
about the girls?”
“I
won’t let them out of my sight and they have to live right here.”
Mindy
laughed as she fell onto the bed in a fit of giggles. “Oh, you are going to be such a protective pa, just like mine
was.”
“Darn
right!”
Mindy
melted into his embrace, happier than she’d been since her pa died. Her life was with Brett and the family they’d
have and she thanked God for her mail order husband who loved her.
THE END
tonight. I’m taking a widow in town,
Josephine Marken, to dinner at the hotel.”
“She’s
a nice lady,” Mindy spoke up as she and Brett rose from the table. If you are going to be in town for awhile,
please come this Sunday after church to dinner.”
“I’d
like that.”
They
walked Brentley out to his buggy and Mindy was surprised to see the man who
drove it still standing there waiting and the men riding the horses still
mounted. She walked over to
Brentley. “Thank you for coming.” She rose on tiptoe and placed a kiss on his
cheek.
“There’s
only one thing I ask of you.”
“What’s
that?” Mindy asked, a little leery of
what the question was.
“That
you notify me immediately when I have a grandchild on the way. I will come visit for a month so I can be
here when the baby is born.”
“Aren’t
you getting a little head of yourself, father?” She grinned.
“Not
in the least. I want grandchildren that
I can pass my businesses down to. Not
all your children will want to be ranchers.”
Mindy
heard Brett chuckle as Brentley walked to stand before him. “Son, you’ve done well.”
Brett
took the hand he offered and shook it. His father never hugged him after he turned thirteen. “Thank you, father.”
Mindy
put her arm around Brett’s waist and watched as his father left. She’d never met a man like him before in her
life. She looked up at Brett. “I think we should start working harder on
those grandkids your pa wants. He needs
help. He can’t do all that work himself.”
Brett
laughed, picked her up, and carried her upstairs to their room. “Mrs. Connors, I’d be delighted to provide my
father with grandchildren, but the firstborn son will stay on this ranch
whether he likes it or not.”
“What
about the girls?”
“I
won’t let them out of my sight and they have to live right here.”
Mindy
laughed as she fell onto the bed in a fit of giggles. “Oh, you are going to be such a protective pa, just like mine
was.”
“Darn
right!”
Mindy
melted into his embrace, happier than she’d been since her pa died. Her life was with Brett and the family they’d
have and she thanked God for her mail order husband who loved her.
THE END
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