Short-Straw Bride
“An hour. Meredith and her cousin had been closed up in his room for an hour. How long did it take a woman to change her dress, for pity’s sake? He was going to be out a full day’s work at this rate.
Crockett was doing his best to keep the visitors entertained. Well, the parson, at least. The two of them were sitting on the porch discussing sermon topics and spiritual flock tending as if they had known each other for years.
Jim and Neill had returned to work on the lean-to, promising to ...come as soon as the women were ready. That left Travis with Everett Hayes, a man he respected little and trusted even less. They’d run out of things to say to each other after the first five minutes. So now, Everett Hayes sat on the porch eyeing the Archer pines as if he were measuring them for his mill while Travis paced the yard in front of the house, tension coiling tighter in his gut with each pass.
By the time the front door finally opened, he’d wound himself so tight, he nearly sprang out of his boots.MoreLess
Crockett was doing his best to keep the visitors entertained. Well, the parson, at least. The two of them were sitting on the porch discussing sermon topics and spiritual flock tending as if they had known each other for years.
Jim and Neill had returned to work on the lean-to, promising to ...come as soon as the women were ready. That left Travis with Everett Hayes, a man he respected little and trusted even less. They’d run out of things to say to each other after the first five minutes. So now, Everett Hayes sat on the porch eyeing the Archer pines as if he were measuring them for his mill while Travis paced the yard in front of the house, tension coiling tighter in his gut with each pass.
By the time the front door finally opened, he’d wound himself so tight, he nearly sprang out of his boots.MoreLess
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