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Authors: Rikki Dyson
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course not, darling. Le is a very nice young man.”
Lora didn’t see Jessie, Sam or Le Chen again until February of nineteen-eighty at her mother’s funeral. They had all three been to the castle for Christmas, but Lora had driven her mother to Lake Charles to have Christmas with Douglas and his family. Mary Beth had seemed stronger than she had for some time. Lora had been spending every weekend with her mother. Once again, their company seemed to bolster one another.
On Monday, morning after Valentines Day Mary Beth Flemming didn’t wake up as usual. Jackie sent Tracy up to check on her and found her grandmother still asleep, she thought. She was lying on her side with her knees drawn up and both hands under her cheek. Tracy started to tiptoe out, but something told her to go closer. When she did, she screamed for her mom. Jackie came upstairs, and then called Bradley. He called Lora and Douglas. The funeral was on Saturday. Afterwards, the family and close friends came back to the house for a while.
Two weeks later, Lora drove to the ranch to visit with Jessie. Just before she reached the ranch house, she noticed a doublewide mobile home sitting a few hundred yards from the main house and the foundation of a house was in progress.
The ranch house, had improved considerably since she had been here last summer. It now had a verandah porch with steps. The inside was still bare of furniture, but the kitchen was coming along. There were now cabinets and a working bathroom on the downstairs floor, as well as the basement. The upstairs, was still lacking for walls, but the air-ducts for heating and air conditioning was installed.
Lora asked, “Who lives in the double wide up the road?”
“Oh, that’s Jake and Sonia’s place. He’s my ranch foreman. We’re gonna’ build his house next. We couldn’t run this place without him. He and I grew up together, he went to agricultural school and I went to medical school. Now we’re putting the two together. We’re gonna’ make this part of Texas sit up and take notice, someday.”
Lora looked around and asked, “Where’s Mr. Chen?”
Sam, just as proudly said, “He’s gone into Waco to pick up supplies for the ranch and the spring round up. He’s gonna’ handle the chuck wagon for the round up.”
Lora had lunch with these two idealists. She decided to ask no more questions. She knew she was out of her element. Sam was so confident and Jessie beamed when she looked at him, as if there was nothing he couldn’t do. Lora smiled to herself all the way back to Houston, thinking, that’s the way love should be.
Speaking of love, three more wedding were rapidly approaching. Suzanne and Paul were to be married the, tenth of June. Suzanne had asked her to be her maid of honor. She had been Jessica’s; therefore, she couldn’t very well refuse. Besides, she loved Suzanne and would never do anything to hurt her.
The twins, Daniel and David’s double wedding was scheduled for August of the same year. Thank goodness, Lynn and Melissa’s families would be taking care of all the planning and arrangements. Lora’s nieces and nephews knew nothing about her life or the pain weddings and the month of June had caused her through the years. She hadn’t discussed her hurtful memories with anyone except her mother, Jonathan and a little with Jessie.
The summer of nineteen-eighty, was uneventful except for the weddings of Suzanne and Paul’s in June, and then two months later, the twins wedding in August. Suzanne and Paul were to honeymoon in Hawaii and the twins in the Bahamas. The fall brought heartache and joy. Jackie’s Father, the influential David Macgregor passed away in October nineteen-eighty. In December on Christmas day, Jessie and Sam announced they were expecting a baby in July. The winter of nineteen-eighty and eighty-one was cold and bitter. It felt as if the cold could cut right through you. Jackie’s
Lora didn’t see Jessie, Sam or Le Chen again until February of nineteen-eighty at her mother’s funeral. They had all three been to the castle for Christmas, but Lora had driven her mother to Lake Charles to have Christmas with Douglas and his family. Mary Beth had seemed stronger than she had for some time. Lora had been spending every weekend with her mother. Once again, their company seemed to bolster one another.
On Monday, morning after Valentines Day Mary Beth Flemming didn’t wake up as usual. Jackie sent Tracy up to check on her and found her grandmother still asleep, she thought. She was lying on her side with her knees drawn up and both hands under her cheek. Tracy started to tiptoe out, but something told her to go closer. When she did, she screamed for her mom. Jackie came upstairs, and then called Bradley. He called Lora and Douglas. The funeral was on Saturday. Afterwards, the family and close friends came back to the house for a while.
Two weeks later, Lora drove to the ranch to visit with Jessie. Just before she reached the ranch house, she noticed a doublewide mobile home sitting a few hundred yards from the main house and the foundation of a house was in progress.
The ranch house, had improved considerably since she had been here last summer. It now had a verandah porch with steps. The inside was still bare of furniture, but the kitchen was coming along. There were now cabinets and a working bathroom on the downstairs floor, as well as the basement. The upstairs, was still lacking for walls, but the air-ducts for heating and air conditioning was installed.
Lora asked, “Who lives in the double wide up the road?”
“Oh, that’s Jake and Sonia’s place. He’s my ranch foreman. We’re gonna’ build his house next. We couldn’t run this place without him. He and I grew up together, he went to agricultural school and I went to medical school. Now we’re putting the two together. We’re gonna’ make this part of Texas sit up and take notice, someday.”
Lora looked around and asked, “Where’s Mr. Chen?”
Sam, just as proudly said, “He’s gone into Waco to pick up supplies for the ranch and the spring round up. He’s gonna’ handle the chuck wagon for the round up.”
Lora had lunch with these two idealists. She decided to ask no more questions. She knew she was out of her element. Sam was so confident and Jessie beamed when she looked at him, as if there was nothing he couldn’t do. Lora smiled to herself all the way back to Houston, thinking, that’s the way love should be.
Speaking of love, three more wedding were rapidly approaching. Suzanne and Paul were to be married the, tenth of June. Suzanne had asked her to be her maid of honor. She had been Jessica’s; therefore, she couldn’t very well refuse. Besides, she loved Suzanne and would never do anything to hurt her.
The twins, Daniel and David’s double wedding was scheduled for August of the same year. Thank goodness, Lynn and Melissa’s families would be taking care of all the planning and arrangements. Lora’s nieces and nephews knew nothing about her life or the pain weddings and the month of June had caused her through the years. She hadn’t discussed her hurtful memories with anyone except her mother, Jonathan and a little with Jessie.
The summer of nineteen-eighty, was uneventful except for the weddings of Suzanne and Paul’s in June, and then two months later, the twins wedding in August. Suzanne and Paul were to honeymoon in Hawaii and the twins in the Bahamas. The fall brought heartache and joy. Jackie’s Father, the influential David Macgregor passed away in October nineteen-eighty. In December on Christmas day, Jessie and Sam announced they were expecting a baby in July. The winter of nineteen-eighty and eighty-one was cold and bitter. It felt as if the cold could cut right through you. Jackie’s
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