A Piece of Land by Melody Tyden EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Melody Tyden
- Language: English
- Genre: Western Romances
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~Laura~
The warm Texas sun beat down on the rows of graduates in their black
gowns and mortarboard hats as my classmates paraded slowly across the
stage at the front of the field.
Somewhere in the rows behind me, my family were proudly gathered to
watch, all except my older brother, Dex. He would have been there, but his
wife, Shawna, had just been readmitted to the hospital for more cancer
treatment and I insisted that he stay with her that day. He’d already attended
my high school graduation and my undergrad convocation, so seeing me get
my Master’s degree didn’t qualify as a scenario worth leaving his wife’s
side.
Their absence cast a pall over the day, but unfortunately, our family had
gotten used to it. In the three years they’d been married, Shawna had spent
more time in treatment than out of it. How they kept their spirits up, either
of them, I didn’t know, but they were still just as head-over-heels for each
other as ever.
I really didn’t know how that felt.
My relationships up to that point had all been short-lived. They started
out exciting but fizzled out fast, usually once we got to the point where
we’d start talking about the future. Very few of the men I met in Houston
had any interest in moving to a small town they’d never heard of before,
and the fact that I wouldn’t consider anything else made my plans
incompatible with theirs. I convinced myself it didn’t matter. I needed to
focus on school anyway, and at least I had my career to look forward to
even if my love life appeared to be a lost cause for the time being.
The kind of relationship Dex and Shawna had, or my parents for that
matter, or my sister, Tonia, and her husband, Cam, a true partnership with
someone who matched you blow for blow, I hadn’t found anything close to
that yet.
“Laura Callahan.”
The dean called my name as I strode across the stage to receive my
degree, and I waved the document in the direction of my family, smiling as
they hooted and hollered in reply. In some ways, it felt like my six years in
college had lasted forever, but it also felt like they had passed in the blink of
an eye. I would have been just as happy to take over management of the
family ranch as soon as I finished high school, but my parents had insisted I
needed to see more of the world and get an education first.
They were certain that once I got a taste of the big city, I’d never be
satisfied with our small town again, but that hadn’t been the case at all.
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