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Six.
Dakota pulled away and drove home.Peggy Sue’s home, she thought. She sighed. She had been through deep emotions and feelings yesterday.
Since she found the truth about her past and her ex-fiancé, to be fair. She compelled herself to go on no matter what.
She focused on leaving Sebastian and her friend behind, and to find her grandma and the half of her life she didn’t know she had.
Meeting Peggy Sue and knowing what had happened to her mother shocked her. Her sperm donator had been a real bastard.
She debated with conflicted feelings since she arrived. She was happy because she met her grandma, and the lady was loving and caring. She told her she had been eager and hopeful for the last twenty years.
But she felt sad, too, because she thought she was to blame for her mother's sad life. Her mum had lost the man she loved and her family when being pregnant.
Dakota lived more than two decades clueless. She had been mad at her mum when she found the letter, thinking of her as selfish and uncaring, even cold. She had blamed her mum for blocking her from meeting her father’s family.
Now she understood. Her mother had been heartbroken and had had no one to care about her or help her. She had to rebuild her life from ashes with a baby.
She had never showed Dakota an inch of regret or sourness. Her mum had loved her to pieces, and this knowledge broke Dakota’s heart. How lonely and isolated she must have felt!
Peggy Sue helped her to understand this when she showed herself angry at her mum.She wasn’t to blame, my dear. She was hurt, badly. She only received hate and humiliation from those who had to care for and love her. She was strong and fierce. She raised you without poisoning your heart and gave you the best.
I know she tried her best, Dakota said.
She loved you so much, my dear. Forgive her, her only fault was proud, perhaps. Who could blame a woman for that? She protected you, I’m sure. From pain and uncertainty, from deception and rejection. I know I waited for you, but I cannot lie. My son… He wasn’t a good man, and he didn’t deserve your mother’s sacrifice or you.
Her grandma told this with tears in her eyes. She had loved her son, but she was well aware of his faults, although perhaps later than she should.
Peggy Sue’s words helped Dakota to open her eyes and heart, and her mother shined again in her mind and heart.
She was eager to know more about Peggy Sue and build the loving bond they should have shared since she was born. It was a chance she wouldn’t lose.
But it was so intense, so consuming. She knew she couldn’t be around the whole time.
She needed space, time to process her thoughts and feelings, and so her new job was a blessing.
It was 4.15 pm, and she was coming back after spending eight hours with the cocky cowboy.
She was driving his enormous truck because he had offered it, and when she said no, he ordered her to take it.
I don’t need it. It’s not as if I’m going to drive it, Dakota. I'll feel better if you use it. I trust you; you showed me you can drive just fine.
She smiled when remembering his words and all the things they had shared.
He was easy going and there wasn’t a bit of shyness in his body. His toned, bulky, muscled, mouth-watering body.
She shook her head and tried to make her mind go for a less dangerous path, but it was hard.
The first day of work, when she entered the house and found him only in his boxers, her gonads had exploded. He was gorgeous! Marge’s and Peggy Sue’s words had popped into her mind:Ted is a player, dear. Don’t let her charm you.
But then he had been casual and natural, and he didn’t look at her like he was trying to impress or seduce her.
He had overslept on the couch and he said he was sorry. Then he asked her for clean clothes and accepted her offer to prepare him breakfast.
The awkward situation evolved, and she tried to be helpful. As she should.
It didn’t matter that she had felt flustered the whole time. She could manage him, and she was sure he appreciated her efforts.
It was hard to be alone in a big house with a broken leg.
