and they didn’t raise you to act like no boll weevil,” Mable said as she walked away. “Infecting doom and gloom around town and on the poor girl. I’ll have no part of your little game and if I catch you spreading any more rumors, I’ll tan your hide myself. And don’t think you’re too big for it, either.”
Jesse’s mouth hung open as Mable continued to berate him on her way to the house.
* * *
OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH, Miranda sat in one of her new-used rocking chairs. She ran her hands over the well-worn arms and wondered how many people had rocked in it before her. It would be perfect for lulling a child to sleep.
By this point in her life, she figured she would have had children. Five was always the number she always dreamed of. A house full of children and laughter. The dream was all but shattered when Ethan broke off their engagement two months ago.
She’d thought she loved him. Maybe at one time she did. The last thing she’d wanted to do was plan a wedding so soon after her mother’s death. When she’d asked for some distance to sort her life out, instead of trying to understand, he’d criticized her for grieving over a mother who never once treated her like a daughter.
Ethan felt she should move on with her life. Leave the past in the past. A part of her knew he was right. The other part knew he wasn’t the right man for her.
The breakup came as a shock at first and then a wave of relief swept over her. She drove out to her mother’s grave, in Maryland, on the anniversary of her death. On the way to her apartment, she bought a lottery ticket and to her astonishment, she won. To Miranda, it was a sign from her mother to move on and start a completely new life.
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