Megan's Marriage

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Mollie glanced around at her in surprise. “Well, you’ve never had much good to say about him, yourself! I remember when you were both in school, you used to come home complaining about him and calling him all kinds of names. Mama used to laugh at how mad you got at him, remember?”

“I was just a kid. He used to delight in teasing me on the school bus to and from school. Since it was almost an hour to get to town, he had plenty of time to think of ways to torment me.”

“Well,” Mollie replied, her cheeks flushed with color, “my friend Betsy told me about how he flirted with her older sister, carrying on until her sister fell in love with him, then he just dropped her like that, like she was nothing to him. He’s broken a lot of hearts in this county. I think he should go away and stay away!”

“Well, I think he’s definitely hunk-of-the-month material, myself,” Maribeth announced. “Just because you two don’t ever have any boyfriends doesn’t mean you shouldn’t appreciate a good-looking specimen like Travis when you get the chance. Bobby says—”

Megan just shook her head. “Here we go again. If Bobby says it, it must be gospel, right?”

“Well, he knows rodeos. He and his dad are always going to them. He’s seen Travis compete and says he’s totally awesome. That’s why he was named World Champion last year.”

Megan uncurled herself from the couch and stood. “Well, I think I’m going to take myself off to bed. You’re really making me feel my years, Maribeth,” she said, ruffling her sister’s long wavy hair. “I take it you had a good time in town.”

“Oh, yeah. Rita’s a lot of fun. Her mom said to tell you that anytime I want to spend the night in town, that I can stay with them.”

“Well, I’m glad to hear you didn’t totally wear out your welcome.”

She glanced at Mollie, caught her eye and nodded toward the hallway. “I’ll see y’all in the morning.”

Megan climbed the stairs to her bedroom. She hoped Mollie recognized her signal. She wasn’t going to be able to sleep tonight until she talked to her and tried to explain.

She hadn’t realized Mollie’s feelings toward Travis were so strong or so negative. Megan knew that she had herself to blame for some of that. She’d never kept her disdain for Travis hidden from Mollie or anyone else around home. Now she was going to be forced to provide some kind of explanation for the change in her attitude—without giving the real one. If Travis preferred people not to know the truth, she owed him that much.