A Texan's Honor
“Bertie told Bret. “She said she had to talk to Ida about something.”
“Are you sure she didn’t take anybody with her?” Bret asked.
Bertie turned away from her enormous black cast iron stove and settled her hands on her hips. “I saw her with my own eyes. You suggesting I’m blind?”
“Of course not.” Bret didn’t know whether to be amused or irritated. “I was just hoping you’d missed seeing Lonnie or Jem ride out to join her.”
Mollified, Bertie turned back to her stove. “They came in for breakfast with the rest of the boys.”
“Ladies shouldn’t go riding about by themselves,” Jinx said. He was eating his breakfast standing next to the stove. Bertie said she’d allow him to eat in the kitchen, but despite Bret and Emily’s objections, she refused to let him sit at the table with either of them.
“Are you certain she’s coming back tomorrow?” Bret asked.
“That’s what she said,” Bertie said without turning around, “but she’s missed Ida since she moved away.
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