The Cowboy Comes Home. Linda Ford

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СКАЧАТЬ matched his narrowed eyes. Not for the first time in his life he realized how alike they were in their gestures, and often in their speech. “Because I fear it means a lot to you.”

      He wanted to protest. Say it didn’t make a speck of difference. Assure her he never once looked at Sally. Never even noticed her. But he couldn’t lie. If he tried, she would know immediately. The trouble with two people having the same mannerisms was she would see his attempt at lying as clearly as if she had lied. Instead he shifted directions. “Didn’t you say she was unofficially promised to Abe Finley? Practically engaged to be married.” He hoped his silent emphasis on unofficially and practically didn’t come across in his words.

      “I said it. Did you hear?”

      “I must have, since I repeated it to you.”

      Grandmama took three steps toward him, stopped with her very sturdy shoes toe-to-toe with his dusty cowboy boots. “I mean, did you hear it here?” She tapped his forehead. “Or is it stuck somewhere between there?” She touched his right ear. “And here?” She flicked his left ear.

      “Ow.” He jerked away and grabbed at his ear, pretending a great injury. “Why’d you do that?”

      “You don’t need to think you’re too big for me to handle, young man. If you don’t behave yourself I’ll hear, and if I hear, I’ll deal with you.”

      “Ho, ho.” He bounced away a few feet. “You might find it hard to put me over your knee and smack my bottom.”

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