The Reluctant Debutante (30 page)

“So you were able to help everyone else, then?”

“Yes, your daughter and I made a good team. I freed people from the wreckage and she took care of them on the shore.”

“I see.” Charlotte replied, her mind whirling. Then, she smiled at David.

“Such a pity you won’t be joining us as we head east,” Charlotte laid her hand on David’s arm. “But you must plan to visit New York next spring. I have two daughters coming out then, and I just know they’d love to meet you.”

Ginger and Joseph glanced at each other, and smiled.

“That’s my mother,” Ginger laughed. “She made me go through the season last spring, in the hopes I’d end up married. Now, she’s already moving on to the next season and to finding suitable husbands for my sisters, Jasmine and Heather. Watch out, Lieutenant, or you’ll become part of the family before you know what’s happened.”

David tapped his thigh with his fingers as he digested this information. If the next two Fitzpatrick daughters looked anything like Ginger, he would not be opposed to joining their family.

“Issue me an invitation, Mrs. Fitzpatrick, and I’ll be there.”

Charlotte clapped her hands in delight. Now she’d have something to occupy her thoughts during the long train ride home.

Ever since submitting her first screenplay to
Bonanza
at age twelve, Becky Lower has had a love affair with the American west. Since personal time travel is out of the question, she pursues her passion by writing about it. Becky is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and lives in Oberlin, Ohio with her dog, Mary.

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