by Lynn Landes
Bronnah tries to slow her sobs. Looking at her brother, she can't believe her eyes. "Patrick? Look at you!" She releases them and runs to him. He catches her in a tight embrace and kisses the top of her head. Patrick shares her beautiful eyes, and he looks at Chase with gratitude.
“I guess I can’t call ya little brother anymore.”
At almost twelve he is much taller than she is already. “How did this happen?”
“I’ll tell you everything,” Chase promises.
Later after the tears and laughter subside, Chase tells a story by the fireplace inside the cabin. It's a four-bedroom log cabin built with comfort in mind. Chase needed a place to call his own, and he had this cabin built near a river for ease of access.
“During our trip, before the train crash, I sent a missive to the Sisters of Charity, arranging for passage for your family.” Chase watches as she digests this news. “I wanted to surprise you.”
“What train crash?” Her father demands.
"That's a long story, Da," Bronnah sighs. "You certainly succeeded in surprising me, Chase." Bronnah reaches for his hand, and he squeezes it tight.
“We could use a good tale,” her Mother insists. Bronnah looked to Chase and takes a deep breath. Two hours later she joins Chase in the bedroom. Exhausted both physically and emotionally she rushes to his waiting arms.
“How will I ever thank you, Chase?”
"You will thank me by being happy, Bronnah-mine." He begins to strip, and her eyes heat with passion.
“I think I can manage that, but what about the Chen and Cleveland?” Chase covers her mouth with his hand to silence her questions.
“I don’t want to hear that name ever again, he’s dead.” Bronnah nods and nips at his hand. “The Marshall’s office has a mess to clean up. I stayed long enough to arrest any involved with the Chen Matrimony scam, but the truth is that this goes much deeper than I ever thought possible.”
“What does that mean for us?” she asked.
“It means that they have a job to do, I’m through. I have land that needs tending and a wife to love.”
Bronnah’s eyes light up. “Truly,” she asks.
“I have asked your Father if he would mind helping me to care for it. I’m not sure he will stay. He is talking of homesteading his own piece of land. We’ll just have to make sure it isn’t too far from us.”
Love fills her eyes as she thinks about all he has done for her. “You’ve thought of everything. You’ve given me so much, Chase. How will I ever…”
His hand covers her mouth. "Don't even finish that sentence. Bronnah-mine you've healed my broken soul and given me a new dream. Never forget how much I love you."
“You may have to remind me, husband.” She steps away and begins removing her dress.
“I like the sound of that, together and forever mine.”
The End.
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Lynn Landes is the author and independent publisher of multiple fantasy books in all age brackets. Her stories span the spectrum of Fiction, from historical romance, paranormal, romantic suspense to Christian fantasy including the best-selling Covenant Series.
Educated as a teacher Lynn never lost her love for literature and began writing at an early age. Poetry, short stories and fiction. She regularly can be found in the car rider line at her children’s school writing on receipts, napkins or whatever scraps are at the bottom of her purse. A Virginia girl at heart, she lives with her husband and three children in South Carolina, where she is currently studying Dragon Script with her ten-year-old daughter.
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