Page 36 of Colorado Bride
“Pleased to meet you Mrs.Logan.”
“Oh, please call me Emily, I haven’t gotten used to Mrs.Logan yet.Besides to me Mrs.Logan is Ben’s mother.”
“Emily, it is.”
They visited with Ezra for a short time.
“We better get our shopping done.Just wanted for you and Emily to meet.”
“Understood.I’ll see you both again soon.”
Ben bent his arm and when she put her hand through the crook at his elbow, he patted her hand.
“Let’s get going so we can get home.”
They left the bank, went to the mercantile and the feed store.By the time they had finished with the feed store, Ben seemed to be back to his cheerful self.
“I’m glad to be on the way home.”
Ben put his arm around her.
“So am I.Would you like to learn how to ride when we get home?”
“Oh, yes, yes I’m ready.”
“Good.After I unload the wagon we’ll have your first lesson.”
“I don’t have any riding clothes.”
“We haven’t left town yet, so let’s get you some.”
They walked back to the mercantile and Emily purchased two pair of men’s pants, two flannel shirts.
Ben came over carrying a pair heavy wool socks and a pair of boots.
“I have boots.”
“These are designed to come off your foot if you fall from the horse and your foot gets caught in the stirrup.That way you don’t get dragged.They are much better for riding.”
“Okay.I hope I never have to test that theory.”
She tried on the boots.They were a little big but with the heavy socks would fit just right.
“And I want you to have a sheepskin coat.Your wool one is fine but the sheepskin is warmer.”
“You won’t even know I’m a girl once I get dressed for riding.”
Ben waggled his eyebrows.
“In no way won’t you look like a girl.You have such great curves no one will ever mistake you for a boy.”
“What a sweet thing to say.”Is he just trying to make me feel good because we ran into Melissa?
Emily smiled and tried to think about riding and not Melissa.She would learn to ride today.Maybe she and Ben could have a picnic in the hills.The day had turned out to be a great one she decided.Even meeting Melissa couldn’t put a damper on the way she felt.She would not let that woman ruin her first outing.
