Queen, page 31
“So it seems,” Queen said, and nearly danced into Cody’s arms.
“Well then,” Cody said, hugging her tightly against him, feeling her trembling and her joy as his own,”I believe we need to rethink where we’re spending Christmas. What if I see about tickets to Nashville? If Queen can contact her sister and let her know it’s okay, I think she deserves this Christmas with her own family…what do you say?”
The two younger boys were silent. Finally Will was brave enough to speak up.
“I say it’s fine as long as we go, too. After all, who’ll look after her if she goes alone?”
Queen laughed. “My God. He has it, too.”
Cody grinned. He knew what she meant. That overprotective streak of his was definitely a dominant gene among the Bonner males.
“I wouldn’t go without you,” Queen said. “Remember, we’re all one family now. And Diamond will be so excited. But Cody…how will I contact her? I lost Jesse Eagle’s address. I don’t even know if they’re still together.”
Cody grinned. “If she’s that famous, she can’t be hard to find,” he said. “Just give me a phone and a couple of days.”
Queen laughed, then took Amanda from Donny, watching as her earlier excitement caught fire and swept the room. Suddenly she had a vision of the woman she’d been when she left Cradle Creek nearly two years ago. That woman no longer existed, and it was due solely to a twist of fate.
Despite her dislike of Johnny’s way of life, she’d taken quite a gamble of her own. She’d done something she swore she’d never do and found herself happier than a woman had a right to be. All in all, getting off that bus was the luckiest thing that had ever happened to her.
Then she smiled. Who would have thought that luck would make a difference in my life?
And just for a moment she had a vague understanding of her father’s unrelenting need to search for luck of a different kind. He’d chased impossible rainbows, but she’d been looking for an anchor. And she’d found it in Cody.
Queen had all she needed. Her family…and her man.
And then she had to laugh at the thought that came next. With any luck, after the kids were asleep, she would have him…in spades.
Also by Sharon Sala
CHANCE MCCALL
DEEP IN THE HEART
DIAMOND
FINDERS KEEPERS
LUCKY
SECOND CHANCES
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
This edition published in 2010
An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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Copyright © 1994 by Sharon Sala
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“Well then,” Cody said, hugging her tightly against him, feeling her trembling and her joy as his own,”I believe we need to rethink where we’re spending Christmas. What if I see about tickets to Nashville? If Queen can contact her sister and let her know it’s okay, I think she deserves this Christmas with her own family…what do you say?”
The two younger boys were silent. Finally Will was brave enough to speak up.
“I say it’s fine as long as we go, too. After all, who’ll look after her if she goes alone?”
Queen laughed. “My God. He has it, too.”
Cody grinned. He knew what she meant. That overprotective streak of his was definitely a dominant gene among the Bonner males.
“I wouldn’t go without you,” Queen said. “Remember, we’re all one family now. And Diamond will be so excited. But Cody…how will I contact her? I lost Jesse Eagle’s address. I don’t even know if they’re still together.”
Cody grinned. “If she’s that famous, she can’t be hard to find,” he said. “Just give me a phone and a couple of days.”
Queen laughed, then took Amanda from Donny, watching as her earlier excitement caught fire and swept the room. Suddenly she had a vision of the woman she’d been when she left Cradle Creek nearly two years ago. That woman no longer existed, and it was due solely to a twist of fate.
Despite her dislike of Johnny’s way of life, she’d taken quite a gamble of her own. She’d done something she swore she’d never do and found herself happier than a woman had a right to be. All in all, getting off that bus was the luckiest thing that had ever happened to her.
Then she smiled. Who would have thought that luck would make a difference in my life?
And just for a moment she had a vague understanding of her father’s unrelenting need to search for luck of a different kind. He’d chased impossible rainbows, but she’d been looking for an anchor. And she’d found it in Cody.
Queen had all she needed. Her family…and her man.
And then she had to laugh at the thought that came next. With any luck, after the kids were asleep, she would have him…in spades.
Also by Sharon Sala
CHANCE MCCALL
DEEP IN THE HEART
DIAMOND
FINDERS KEEPERS
LUCKY
SECOND CHANCES
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
This edition published in 2010
An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022-5299
Copyright © 1994 by Sharon Sala
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © JUNE 2010 ISBN: 9780062016799
Version 09282012
About the Publisher
Australia
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
http://www.harpercollins.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Canada
2 Bloor Street East – 20th Floor
Toronto, ON, M4W 1A8, Canada
http://www.harpercollins.ca
New Zealand
HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
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Rosedale 0632
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.harpercollins.co.nz
United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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London, W6 8JB, UK
http://www.harpercollins.co.uk
United States
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New York, NY 10007
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Sharon Sala, Queen
