Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 34190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 34190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
“Cole,” she warns, trying to scowl, but the pink on her cheeks gives her away. “If I get horizontal, I’m not getting up until August.” She glances at our daughter, who’s now poking through my jacket pockets in search of snacks. “I’m just about done for the day.”
“I’ll take the little miss to see Thunderbolt while you finish up.” I scoop Ellie back up and spin her once, just to hear her shriek. If this kid had any more energy, we could hook her up to a generator and power the entire ranch for a week.
“I won’t be long,” my wife calls behind me.
Twenty minutes later, I help my wife into the front seat of her new SUV. “I can’t believe you insist on driving to our house,” she grumbles as I hook Ellie into her carseat. “It’s only a fourth-mile up the road.”
“That’s a fourth-mile too long for you to walk in your condition,” I remind her. Exhaustion is written all over her face, and I’m not about to let her walk anymore than necessary. Fuck. I’d carry her around if she let me.
Reine's hand slides over mine on the gearshift. "You know what, Texas?" Her voice has that soft Montana lilt that still makes my heart skip. The evening sun catches on her wedding ring as we round the curve past the old windmill. Our little white farmhouse comes into view, its porch light already glowing against the dusk. The rocking chairs I had built last summer sit empty, waiting.
I lift her fingers to my lips, feeling the calluses that match my own. "What's that, Montana?"
"We did pretty good."
"We definitely f—" I catch myself, glancing at Ellie in the rearview mirror, her little head bobbing to some song only she can hear, "—freaking did." I wink at Reine, who raises an eyebrow, the corner of her mouth curling up in that way that still gets me every time.
Life just doesn’t get any better than this.