Chapter 8
Staying a little longer. Stop.
Will be home soon. Stop.
Don’t worry. Stop.
Lorraine.
While the telegraph operator was sending the wire, Lorraine questioned her decision to stay. Suddenly, it was as if she could hear her Aunt Harriet’s voice.
You’re being a fool, Lorraine! That cowboy only wants one thing. He’ll use you until he’s had his fill and then throw you away. That’s the way they are, you know.
She thought of the night in the cave—of his moving speech. She felt like she’d seen a piece of his heart. Surely that couldn’t have come from a swindler, a cheat, or a liar. He must have been sincere. As she was walking back from the telegraph office deep in thought, she saw Jude coming toward her from across the street. The very sight of him made her heart do a flip-flop.
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