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“I didn’t realize he was so accomplished.”
“Yeah. And he used to date Miss Montana.” She pursed her lips thoughtfully. “Actually, scratch that, she was Miss Teen Montana.”
“Wow.”
“Yeah. She wanted to marry him, but he wasn’t fixing to get married.”
“Oh.” I knew I shouldn’t be gossiping about Chet or his family, but this was information I wasn’t going to get from anywhere else.
“Yeah. Well, don’t tell anyone I told you because I don’t like to be called a gossip.”
“Of course,” I agreed, though she was obviously a huge gossip.
“Well, he was dating Anna Maria—you know, Ms. Teen Montana.”
“Okay.”
“She was called that because I guess her parents went to Anna Maria Island in Florida. You know it?”
“I can’t say that I do. No.”
“Well, yeah. I guess they went there and they got pregnant with her then. So they decided let’s call her Anna Maria.”
“Okay…” I was starting to wonder how long was this story going to take.
“Well, anyways, Anna Maria fell for Chet, because why wouldn’t she? He’s tall. He’s hunky. He’s got those big blue eyes. Sheesh. When he bats those big blues of his, all the women swoon.”
“Yeah, I can see that.” I nodded in agreement.
“Well, Anna Maria told him that her daddy was fixing to marry her off to someone from Colorado that owns some big ranch.”
“Oh, okay.”
“Well, that wasn’t true. Anna Maria’s daddy didn’t have contacts like that, though supposedly, there was an oil baron in Texas that was interested in her. But he was like sixty years old, and Anna Maria was not about to marry him.”
“And what does this have to do with Chet?”
“I’m getting there. Well, Anna Maria was trying to trap Chet. Though I guess we don’t use those words anymore. Anyways, she told him she was on the pill so that he wouldn’t use a condom. Well, I guess. I don’t know exactly the story because I wasn’t there, you know? But she tried to tell Chet she got pregnant and well, she wasn’t pregnant, and Amelia Hamilton found out and she was not happy.”
“So his girlfriend pretended she was pregnant to get him to marry her?”
“Yup. And everyone was in town when it happened. And he said to her, ‘Anna Maria, I am not marrying you. I do not want to date you. I am never getting married. I do not want kids. I have six brothers. They will have plenty of babies, and I will be a good uncle.’”
I remembered what Chet had said about me and Eloise. I guess it wasn’t personal. That didn’t really make me feel better though.
“Well, yeah. I don’t even know how I got onto this subject.” The sales assistant laughed.
“I think because I told you I was staying with the Hamiltons.”
“Oh, yeah. They’re good people. They’re very good people. Now that Flint, he is by far the sexiest man I’ve ever seen in my life. Is he single, too?”
“I can’t say that I spend much time with Flint, sorry.”
“Oh, okay. Well, I guess you’re just working for them, then?”
“Yeah. Kinda.” I wasn’t going to elaborate anymore. This girl didn’t know how to mind her own business.”
“Well, if you are looking for a job and you want one that pays well, you definitely head over to St. Roses. You ain’t gonna find nothing here in Horseshoe Valley, unfortunately. Maybe when things pick up, but not right now.”
