Wyoming Winter. Diana Palmer
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Название: Wyoming Winter
Автор: Diana Palmer
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: Mills & Boon M&B
isbn: 9781474070997
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“It wouldn’t have changed anything,” Lucy said wisely. “People fall in love. I don’t think they get a choice about who they fall in love with.”
Colie laughed. “No. It’s like your family. You don’t get to choose them, either.”
Lucy grimaced. “Your father would give you a real hard time if you tried to move in with J.C. To say nothing of the rest of the community. There’s barely a thousand people who live in and around Catelow. You couldn’t hide it.”
“I’ve worried about that. I’d like to think I’d say no. But...”
“He might turn out to be conventional,” Lucy ventured. “He knows how your father feels.”
“It wouldn’t matter. I don’t think J.C. had much of a home life,” she confided. “He was more or less orphaned in grammar school.”
“That’s tough.”
“You mustn’t repeat that,” Colie said.
“You know me. I work for lawyers,” she whispered, pointing down the hall. “They’d barbecue me on the front steps if I ever talked about what I know!”
“Same here,” Colie said, laughing. The smile faded as she shuffled papers on her desk, across from Lucy’s. “He doesn’t know what it’s like to have a settled, happy home. That might explain the way he is. He doesn’t like attachments.”
“He’s obviously attached to you,” her friend said.
“So far,” Colie sighed. “I don’t know how long it will last. We’re very different.”
“May I make a suggestion? Stop trying to control your life and just live it.”
Colie drew in a long breath. “That’s what I keep telling myself. Then I remember how Daddy looked when I said I was going out with J.C. and I feel guilty all over again. He reminded me that J.C. isn’t a person of faith. In some circumstances, that can be a huge drawback.”
“People compromise,” Lucy said. “Ben and I have. You and J.C. will find a way to be together that works for both of you.”
“I hope so.” She lowered her eyes. “I can’t give him up, Lucy,” she whispered. “I love him too much, already.”
“If you ever need to talk, I’m here. And I’m not judgmental,” Lucy reminded her.
Colie smiled. “Thanks.”
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