by Jule McBride
At that moment, Jessica nodded to Sam, who in his excitement had climbed onto the bleachers next to her. Sam jumped and waved the marker, raising the bid to twelve thousand dollars.
Tara stared at Jessica, then poked Liz. “Jessica, who hasn’t shown an interest in any man since her husband died, is preparing to fork over at least twelve thousand dollars for this one. Let her have him.”
Liz licked her lips. “She’s not ready for a man like that yet.” She made a kissing motion and signaled the auctioneer. “Thirteen’s always been my lucky number, anyway.”
“I don’t know what she thinks she’s doing,” Tara said to Jessica in a low voice.
“Making it very difficult to explain this to my mother-in-law, that’s what,” Jessica whispered.
Sam overheard his mother. “How much money can we spend?” his voice carried.
Jessica raised hers. “As much as we need to, sweetie. Mommy’s been saving her allowance.”
Liz leaned forward. “Now, Jessica, honey, let’s not lose our friendship over this.”
“I agree. Stop bidding against me.”
The auctioneer’s voice rang out. “We have fourteen thousand going once...”
“Fif—” Tara clamped her hand over Liz’s mouth.
The auctioneer clearly didn’t know what to do. “Going twice...”
“Will you just call it sold already,” Tara yelled, now firmly planted on her sister’s lap.
“Sold to Jessica Fremont for fourteen thousand dollars!”
“Yea!” Sam jumped off the bleachers and headed toward Matt, who’d swung off his horse. “Hey, Matt, we bought you!” Jessica heard him yell.
She’d done it. Now what?
“Oh, get off me,” grumbled Liz to her sister. “I get it now.” She straightened her blouse, then blew Matt a kiss. “Bye-bye, cowboy.” Sighing, she faced Jessica. “Why didn’t you tell me you were buying him for the kid?”
Jessica was still miffed with her. Standing on shaky legs, she smiled. “Because only the horse is for Sam.”
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