world famous pancakes and raise you my internationally known, Lemon French toast with powdered sugar and cinnamon.”
She had tied a bandana around Sam’s neck and an apron around her back legs so that it looked like Sam had helped with breakfast.
Jack looked down at Sam and apologized, “I’m sorry Sam you know how silly city folk can be.”
“Watch it buddy or Sam might end up with your breakfast.” She gave him an elbow to the ribs as she passed by him on the way to the front porch.
“Grab the coffee would you?” she asked.
“Sam, I think I have been demoted around here from innkeeper to cooks assistant.”
Kristin chimed in, “Next stop, stable boy.”
They ate in almost total silence neither one of them wanted to think about Kristin having to leave. As they walked back into the house after breakfast Kristin offered to do the dishes. Jack said that he would take care of them later. Kristin went upstairs take a shower and pack. She stopped half way up the stairs and yelled back down to Jack, “Hey stable boy, care to join be in the shower?”
“Absolutely.” He shot back and bowed like an obedient servant.
After their long lingering shower they helped dry each other off and dressed. Kristin packed her bags with a methodical attention to detail, Jack could tell that she was stalling. When she finished he carried the suitcase down the stairs and set it by the front door.
Jack said, “Let me make you a lunch for the road.” She did not object. Kristin sat at the breakfast bar while Jack made her lunch. She repeated her earlier claim,
“You are one of a kind Jack Evans,”
He finished making her lunch and handed it to her they started for the front door. Kristin stopped at the front door and grabbed the Rockies baseball cap Jack had been wearing when she first saw him. She put it on and pulled her pony tail through the gap in the back of the cap. Jack smiled at her,
“Looks better on you.”
She winked at him, “It will go great with the towel I stole from the bathroom.”
“I will be tracking you down to get that back,” he threatened her with his best Clint Eastwood squint.
“That was my plan, I’ll be waiting.” She said eagerly.
As they stepped out on the front porch they saw Sam patiently waiting in front of Kristin’s car door. They walked down the front steps and over to where Sam was waiting. Jack reached around Kristin and lifted her off the ground as he kissed her until Sam barked at him in reproach. He set her down as their lips parted neither one of them wanted to be the first to say goodbye. Kristin dropped to the ground and gave Sam a huge hug and an ear scratch for good measure. After the hug Sam walked around behind Jack and sat down, she knew she was not going with Kristin this time. Jack opened the door for Kristin to climb in he leaned in and gave her one last kiss goodbye, neither one of them said a word.
As she pulled out of the driveway Sam and Jack stood in the same spot and watched the car until all they could see was a cloud of dust. They remained in the same spot until the cloud of dust disappeared. Sam looked up at Jack and made a noise that sounded like a low whine. Jack looked down and patted Sam on her furry head and said, “I know Samantha, I miss her already.”
Kristin brought the car to a stop where the gravel met the blacktop. It was going to be a beautiful day to be driving. She pushed the button that folded the top down and reached into her purse for her sunglasses it was then that she saw it her wedding ring lying in the bottom of her purse. She pulled the ring out of her handbag and looked at it like for a long minute. It seemed tarnished and cheap like it was an old piece of dime store jewelry that she had forgotten she owned. Then almost as if she was throwing away an old piece of gum that had lost its flavor she flung the ring out the window and across the road into the heavy brush next to the road. She put on her sunglasses and pushed down
She had tied a bandana around Sam’s neck and an apron around her back legs so that it looked like Sam had helped with breakfast.
Jack looked down at Sam and apologized, “I’m sorry Sam you know how silly city folk can be.”
“Watch it buddy or Sam might end up with your breakfast.” She gave him an elbow to the ribs as she passed by him on the way to the front porch.
“Grab the coffee would you?” she asked.
“Sam, I think I have been demoted around here from innkeeper to cooks assistant.”
Kristin chimed in, “Next stop, stable boy.”
They ate in almost total silence neither one of them wanted to think about Kristin having to leave. As they walked back into the house after breakfast Kristin offered to do the dishes. Jack said that he would take care of them later. Kristin went upstairs take a shower and pack. She stopped half way up the stairs and yelled back down to Jack, “Hey stable boy, care to join be in the shower?”
“Absolutely.” He shot back and bowed like an obedient servant.
After their long lingering shower they helped dry each other off and dressed. Kristin packed her bags with a methodical attention to detail, Jack could tell that she was stalling. When she finished he carried the suitcase down the stairs and set it by the front door.
Jack said, “Let me make you a lunch for the road.” She did not object. Kristin sat at the breakfast bar while Jack made her lunch. She repeated her earlier claim,
“You are one of a kind Jack Evans,”
He finished making her lunch and handed it to her they started for the front door. Kristin stopped at the front door and grabbed the Rockies baseball cap Jack had been wearing when she first saw him. She put it on and pulled her pony tail through the gap in the back of the cap. Jack smiled at her,
“Looks better on you.”
She winked at him, “It will go great with the towel I stole from the bathroom.”
“I will be tracking you down to get that back,” he threatened her with his best Clint Eastwood squint.
“That was my plan, I’ll be waiting.” She said eagerly.
As they stepped out on the front porch they saw Sam patiently waiting in front of Kristin’s car door. They walked down the front steps and over to where Sam was waiting. Jack reached around Kristin and lifted her off the ground as he kissed her until Sam barked at him in reproach. He set her down as their lips parted neither one of them wanted to be the first to say goodbye. Kristin dropped to the ground and gave Sam a huge hug and an ear scratch for good measure. After the hug Sam walked around behind Jack and sat down, she knew she was not going with Kristin this time. Jack opened the door for Kristin to climb in he leaned in and gave her one last kiss goodbye, neither one of them said a word.
As she pulled out of the driveway Sam and Jack stood in the same spot and watched the car until all they could see was a cloud of dust. They remained in the same spot until the cloud of dust disappeared. Sam looked up at Jack and made a noise that sounded like a low whine. Jack looked down and patted Sam on her furry head and said, “I know Samantha, I miss her already.”
Kristin brought the car to a stop where the gravel met the blacktop. It was going to be a beautiful day to be driving. She pushed the button that folded the top down and reached into her purse for her sunglasses it was then that she saw it her wedding ring lying in the bottom of her purse. She pulled the ring out of her handbag and looked at it like for a long minute. It seemed tarnished and cheap like it was an old piece of dime store jewelry that she had forgotten she owned. Then almost as if she was throwing away an old piece of gum that had lost its flavor she flung the ring out the window and across the road into the heavy brush next to the road. She put on her sunglasses and pushed down
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