Chapter 24
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Renn
Full House
That evening as they arrived back in Sandy Point another storm was brewing and by the time they got Beast and the gear put away they were both soaked. Renn pulled a blanket down off the tack wall and wrapped it around Miranda’s shoulders.
“I hope you’re proud of yourself. You proved your business is real, made a sale, and have a dozen interested ranchers.”
She nodded and shivered but didn’t push him away.
He leaned forward until his mouth was a breath away from hers.
“I’m going to give you time, but I’m not giving up on us,” he whispered.
A faint smile pulled at her mouth. “We’ll see, Mr. Famous NFL player. Once the female population sets their sights on the next star quarterback for the Aces, they’re going to try to prove you wrong.”
He pressed his forehead to hers. “But they won’t be you and I already got a girl.”
Her hands enveloped his cheeks, and she kissed him like she was saying goodbye. Then stepped away.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he said.
Before she could argue he continued, “I promised Jeremy I’d work with him on his spiral while I’m in town.”
She smiled. “You better take that contract, or I’ll never speak to you again. I’m only interested in dream chasers.” Then she ran out into the rain to get to the house.
Renn climbed back into his truck and the loneliness he’d arrived in Sandy Point with started to seep back in.
He had family now, the chance at his dream job, but something still felt out of place.
As he drove back into town to the inn, the answer settled around him like it’d been there all along.
If he was honest with himself, he’d come to this town to settle the one question that had been haunting him his entire life.
Who was his father, what kind of a man was he, and why hadn’t he claimed Ren?
But the truth was he was never going to get the answers he wanted, and he’d been fighting that for so long.
He’d avoided asking his mama because he hadn’t wanted to hurt her feelings, or open old wounds.
But if he was going to amount to anything he needed to ask someone and Mrs. Hart was probably the only person who could tell him.
It was time to be honest with himself and accept whatever answers she had for him.