Chapter 11
“I really hate this!”
Jesse pushed up on one elbow but didn’t see one thing for Hannah to be complaining about. The horse pastures stretched away to the south and west: empty with the darkness and all of the horses being tucked in the barn. At the horizon, a soft glow marked San Antonio, the best city in Texas, which meant the best anywhere. But here at Daddy’s ranch it wasn’t bright enough to dim the grand sweep of stars that he and Hannah lay beneath. They were swaddled up all snug in a couple blankets right on the edge of the sweeping prairie. Not wearing a stitch of clothing next to a woman like Hannah Tucker definitely kept him out of a complaining frame of mind.
“Other than making love to you, it looks like an idyllic night.”
“Other than?” She was so cute when she got
