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This man is in this tenfold. And so am I.
It’s reckless.
It’s devastating.
It’s exactly what I want.
I’m in charge and I chose love. The ranch. Charlie.
Yet my heart wars with my conscience. I’m in the wrong. So wrong. I’m selfish getting into a relationship with Charlie. It’s serious now. It’s forever. If I die, if I get sick, it will destroy him.
I need to tell him.
Soon.
He gave me grace, and I have to give him the truth.
I had my chance last week after he told me about Maggie. He stopped me, but I should have pushed on. Instead, I chickened out.
Doctors’ appointments, new medications down the line ...I can’t hide that forever. My sickness won’t fade away.
I’m delaying it because I’m frightened.
If he sees me differently, or fragile, or sick ...
If I lose him ...
“If you could do anything for work, have any job in the world, what would it be?”
Charlie’s velvet drawl pulls me from my thoughts.
“Open a flower shop.”
He blinks. “In Resurrection?”
“Yes, in Resurrection.” I give a little twirl, pick up the currycomb again and attend to Arrow. The horse snorts his approval, pawing the ground triumphantly. “Bloom’s Blooms. The second iteration.” I wiggle an eyebrow. “Everyone needs flowers. Even grumpy cowboys.”
He chuckles.
“I’d put it on Main Street, in one of those vacant spaces down by The Corner Store. White shutters. Wildflowers.” I glance over at Charlie. His expression has gone from amused to thoughtful. “I bet I’d increase romance tenfold. Even Sheena Wolfington would find someone to love.”
At the rumble of a truck, he glances over his shoulder, his brows hardening. He’s been doing that all afternoon. Watching. On alert. Like he’s expecting someone.
But it’s only Sam sending off a group of guests in a van bound for the Billings airport.
“Everyone’s leaving,” I murmur, lifting my hand to wave at a little girl.
“Yeah,” he tells me. “We’ll get one last wave before they all clear out of here for good.”
“End of summer?”
“End of summer.”
“And then the party?”
Charlie arcs a wicked brow. “Baby, we always have our party.”
I heard all about this big bash from Wyatt. Some honky-tonk celebration that closes down the ranch with beers and bonfires.
