Montana Sky: Mail Order Machinations (Kindle Worlds Novella) (8 page)

Esther stared down at the baby in her arms, thinking back over the last year of her life, a year she’d expected to go so very differently than it had.  Montana had been a good place for her and for Coral.

Brody was so much better for her than Jeremiah ever could have been. In fact, she’d received a letter from an old friend recently about how Jeremiah had married another young woman, and it was all over town they were having trouble getting along.  Now, Esther didn’t let herself gloat about her former fiancé’s difficult marriage—much.  Sometimes she simply couldn’t help herself.

Looking back down at the little boy in her arms, she stroked his cheek, and he wrinkled his nose in protest.  Brody leaned over and smiled at the boy.  “He’s perfect.  Thank you for giving me a son.”

Esther beamed as she looked at her husband.  “I wanted a son for you—at least this first time.”

“I’d have been happy with either one, but I’m happy I’ll have a son to help me fight off beaux when the girls do come.” Throughout her pregnancy, he’d had nightmares of having a beautiful daughter—and with a wife like Esther, how could he have anything else? 

Esther laughed.  “We’ll teach them from when they’re young to choose a man just like their daddy.”

He laughed.  “We can try.” He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, dropping a kiss atop her head.  “I’m so glad you were the one to answer my letter.  I can’t imagine spending my life with anyone else.”

She turned and brushed his lips with hers.  “Being with you makes me very happy, and now I feel like our lives are complete.  He’ll mean so much more work, but thankfully, Coral and I can do much of it together.”

“Yes.  She’ll be a good aunt to David.”  Coral still made him crazy at times with her know-it-all attitude, but she was no longer under his roof, and having her close made Esther happy.

Esther sighed, imagining the days and years to come.  She had everything she needed right there in her little house. 

Watch for Coral’s story coming in February 2016 from Kirsten Osbourne.

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