by Ava Winters
“Not really.”
“I didn’t want to come here.” Caroline sighed again. “There’s nothing out here. We had everything we could possibly want already there in Chicago. I tried. I argued and I begged. I offered to do anything to help us stay. But I’m here now. We’re here now, I guess.”
Though it sounded like Jensen mumbled something under his breath, Paula couldn’t hear anything for certain. A small lump formed in her throat as she tried to understand what the young girl was saying. She glanced quickly to her son, who was staring at the ground, and she knew he had to be sorting through his own thoughts.
The Corleys had been in town for a short time, yes, but long enough that Paula thought they would have been comfortably settled by then. She wondered why Chicago was still so prominent in the girl’s mind. Didn’t she know that she wasn’t going to return? Didn’t she know that being on this ranch was going to be her new life, once she married?
Paula decided to close the window. She had overheard more than enough. She didn’t even know what to do with the information she’d learned. With a shake of her head, she decided to focus on the dishes. Caroline was her own woman, and Jensen would help her out. If anyone could help someone to love the west, it would be her son.
Their sprawling ranch had much to offer, after all. The biggest in the nearby territories, the position came with a lot of money and respect. But that wasn’t even the best part. Paula licked her lips and concentrated on scrubbing the plates clean. The best part, she knew, was her family. Perhaps Caroline just needed more time to be settled in this new place.
Paula hoped that would happen soon. She was growing too old for the contrary ways of the youth.
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