Authors: Amelia Rose
Galloping Hearts (Contemporary Cowboy Romance) (Texas Heat series: Book 2, Mitchell and Moira's story) (10 page)
Moira sat with Mitchell and her family under her and Mitchell’s tree. They’d just arrived back at the ranch the day before. They’d begun planning the wedding for next spring. Mitchell and the family had convinced her to give up the ghost and move home.
Her and Mitchell planned to start their own engineering and architectural company here. She’d help design and revamp houses to make them more energy efficient and ecologically sound. Mitchell planned to start working on making all the farms and ranches more efficient. He already had plans in the works with Red to use Circle O as a prototype. In fact, they’d start being able to grow some of their own feed for the cattle because of it. She had to admit she was kind of excited by the plans he’d laid out.
Today was to take care of another kind of business though. She looked over to Mitchell as she took his hand.
“You ready?”
He nodded. “Yeah, I think so. I think that she is too.”
When Mitchell had picked up his momma’s ashes back in Austin, he’d asked her for a favor. He said he wanted to bury her urn under their tree. He had told her that as much peace as the tree brought him, he wanted that for his momma. They’d both agreed that even though she was already at peace, the tree was especially calm and happy for both of them and it’d be a nice final resting place for her.
Even though they’d had a small service for Maryanne back in Austin, they’d decided to get the Reverend to do another one. This time, Mitchell’s adopted family would be there to send his mother off proper. She felt happy for her fiancée that he had that closure and that his momma would always be close by if he wanted to visit her.
The service was still quick, a few kind words spoken by the Reverend, followed by Billy’s rich tenor singing Maryanne’s favorite hymn,
Amazing Grace
. Then, it was time for those who wanted to speak a few words.
Even though she didn’t need to, she looked at the urn as she spoke. “Maryanne, I know I never met you but I still want to thank you. Thanks for having, and then helping to raise, such a wonderful man. He’s compassionate, kind, and loving. He is faithful and helpful to those around him. He’s everything a man should be. I know how much of that was your influence and I believe you had every right to be proud of your son. I hope you’re watching over us up there to see how happy he is now. More than that, I hope this gives you peace and happiness, knowing you’ll always be close by. I promise to tell our children about you as they grow up. They need to know about the wonderful lady who had their daddy and kept his first report card, even when she couldn’t keep anything else.”
She saw Mitchell wipe a tear from his eye. She noticed that even her daddy had a tear or two threatening to fall. She then watched as Mitchell stepped forward, next to the hole they’d dug for the urn. He looked at what was left of his momma.
As he spoke, his voice wavered. “Momma, I hope I made you proud. I finished college. I really wish you could have been there for that. You would have liked it. Grannie and Red bought me a really nice suit for the ceremony. I even wore a tie. Anyway, I also got engaged to Moira. You would have loved her more than you loved me, I think. She’s understanding and accepting. More than I could have asked for or deserved. Plus, her grannie makes some biscuits and preserves that are something else. We’ve moved here to the ranch and wanted you here with us. I know how much you always loved the country and horses. I know you ain’t really in this
urn but I figured what’s left should be somewhere I knew you would like. I guess that’s all. I wanted to make sure you were somewhere you would like.”
She watched as he gently put the urn in the hole they’d dug. When he stood up, he was crying. She held her hand out to him as Billy began covering the urn up. They’d talked about putting a plant over it but decided to do a small stone cross for Maryanne instead. In the end, it would be simple and something they could pay their respects to when they wanted to.
As they walked to the different vehicles to go to the house for a small luncheon, Moira looked around. Her thoughts to herself were simple.
Never in a million years would I have thought, just one year ago, that my life would look like this. I would have laughed and said there was no way I’d be moving back to the ranch, much less engaged to Corn Silk Boy. Ain’t it something, what some horse riding and good people can do for a person’s heart? Shoot.
The End
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First Printing, 2013