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“No, I can’t say that I have.”
“You’re really a city girl, aren’t you? There’s no country in you at all.”
“Well, I wouldn’t say that. I mean,” I paused and I laughed. “Okay. Who am I kidding? There’s no country in me at all. At least there hasn’t been. I feel like I’m becoming a little bit country now.”
“Well, we got to get you a cowboy hat and some cowboy boots first,” Austin said, “Would you like that?”
“Yeah, that would be really cool.” And then I looked at Beau. “I mean, what do you think, Beau?”
“Yeah, yeah. If you want to get some, sounds good to me.”
“I’d like to get a cowboy hat,” Olivia said. “I’m totally not a cowgirl, but I think I would look amazing in a cowgirl hat.”
“I think you would as well,” Beau said. And then he looked at me. “You too, Lucy.”
“Well, that’s settled. We’ll go into town maybe tomorrow,” Austin said. “If you girls are up for it.”
“Yeah. I’m definitely up for it.”
“How long will you be in town, Olivia?” Austin asked my friend.
“I’m not sure yet. I got an open-ended ticket so I can decide later.” She looked down at the ground.
“Hey, everything okay?”
“I think I’m going to lose my job, though. Nancy was not too happy when I told her I was taking a vacation out of the city.”
“What?”
“Yeah, even though I had vacation time due to me, she said that she wanted me to work this weekend because it was going to be really busy, and I said, ‘I don’t think that’s going to be possible, because I’m going to be in Montana,’ and she got all pissy and said, ‘Well, if you’re not going to work this weekend, then don’t bother coming back,’ and well, you know.” She shrugged. “I have a feeling I lost my job.”
“Oh, no, Olivia!” I tried to read her expression. “Are you going to be okay?”
“Well, I have a little bit of savings in my account, and when I say a little bit, I mean $2,000. That will last me one month, so I’m going to have to figure out a way to make money soon. So I might have to go back sooner than I would want.”
“You can make money here,” Beau said quickly. “We can hire you on the ranch.”
“Um, there’s not really much I can do on the ranch, but thank you,” Olivia said. “That’s really kind of you.”
“Well, we might be expanding and starting a resort, so perhaps some of your skills would be helpful there?”
“You’re going to start a resort here?” She looked around. “I’m surprised. It’s so peaceful, and—”
“Let’s not talk about it now,” Austin made a face. “It’s kind of a touchy subject around here right now.” He looked at me. “So, Lucy.”
“Yes, Austin?”
“I was thinking—”
“Wow. For once in your life.”
“Very funny. Do you want to hear what I have to say or not?”
“Of course I’d like to hear what you have to say, Austin. What do you have to say?”
“I really, really like your green dress.”
“Well, thank you.”
