His Forever Valentine
“He rode up to the hitching post in front of the house and dismounted. He’d never been out to the Davis place before. The house was huge, and solidly built, a testimony to the Davis family’s wealth. Where that wealth came from, Tom had no idea. Spencer had mentioned investments of some kind back east, and a few relatives on Mr. Davis’s side that were well off, but if there was anything else, he didn’t know. He wasn’t even sure how much farming the man did.
He went to the door and knocked, and as luck would have it, Mrs. Davis answered. “Oh, it’s you. What business do you have coming here?”
Tom removed his hat and held it before him. “I’ve come to … call on Miss Charlotte.” Was “call” the word he really wanted to use in front of this woman?
“Call on my daughter? After you broke her heart? Why the nerve!”
Tom took a step back. “Broke her heart?”
“You heard me! She cried and everything!”
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