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her. Charley is a helluva woman because
I’m pretty sure I couldn’t have gone through with this plan. But…
tonight… I had to take over. He was going to kill her. I know he
was, and I couldn’t watch that no matter if I never get outta
jail.”
    Mr. Montgomery begins to
speak. “Son, one thing I want to say is that I’m proud of you. You
know what you want and never give up, but dammit, I don’t want to
watch my son go to jail. You know the Sloans have a lot of power in
this town, and I just don’t know how we are going to afford a great
lawyer.”
    Cash’s mama turns to him
quickly. “Really? You’re worried about the cost? This is our Cash!
I don’t care what it costs, if the farm goes under or anything
else, because that is my baby!”
    Whoa! I have never heard
Cash’s mama talk like that to his dad. She is usually pretty quiet,
but I guess that’s what happens when you start talking about
someone’s baby, even if he is nineteen.
    “Aight, we’ll get the best.
Cash, just know you are going to have to help even more around the
farm.”
    “Yes, sir,” Cash
says.
    My mama, being the fine
woman she is, decides to give her two cents. “Y’all, I think we
need to try not to worry about that right now. Maybe we can both
worry about lawyers in the morning ‘cause Charley is going to need
one as well.” That thought makes my stomach turn. A lawyer.
    After spending a few
minutes discussing what we will do tomorrow, Cash and I excuse
ourselves while our parents talk alone. We make our way to the
living room to find everyone else waiting impatiently. We tell them
that tomorrow’s gonna be a rough one, and tonight we just want to
try to take our minds off of it.
    “So, what do y’all say we
go to Turtle’s?” Tessa asks.
    “Are you sure that’s a good
idea? I mean, I don’t want attention to be put on us any more than
there has to be,” I say.
    “I guess you’re right. What
do you say we grab a movie and hang out here then?” Tessa
suggests.
    I look at Cash, and he
smiles. “Sounds good to us, as long as I get to pick,” I
say.
    Everyone looks at me, and
then they say in unison, “ Sweet Home
Alabama , we know.”
    “How’d ya guess?” I smirk.

Chapter 7
    We all sit in the living room and watch my
favorite movie of all time. As I watch it this time, I can’t help
but think how glad I am to have Cash beside me as I nestle more
into his arms. He wraps his arms tighter around me, and I look up
into those wanting eyes. I know that he wants me as much as I want
him, and one day I’ll be his forever.
    As the movie ends, Joe and
Piper stand to go back to her house while the Kluft girls and Tessa
head upstairs. Cash and I stay in each other’s arms.
    “I probably need to go
home, Charley. I’m sure my parents want to talk to me.” I know that
he needs to go home, but I can’t help but be selfish. I want him to
stay with me. If this is the last night I have with him, I’m not
sharing. Funny how he said the same thing to me about a month
ago.
    “Cash, can’t you stay? Just
call and tell them you’ll be home before sunrise.”
    “You know I can’t resist
you, don’t ya? Let me call ‘em real quick.” Cash takes out his
phone and calls his parents. They aren’t happy, but they
understand. He sets his alarm for before dawn and then pulls me
closer, and I fall asleep in the arms of my knight in a pair of
Carhartts and an F250.
    We are awakened to the
awful sound of his alarm. He tries not to wake me by slowly sliding
his arm out from around me. It’s so sweet, but I know he doesn’t
think that I’m going to let him leave without a proper
goodbye.
    “Mornin,’ Cash Money. Not
tryin’ to sneak out, are ya?”
    “Of course not, but I really didn’t
want to wake you. You know you’re beautiful when you sleep. I was
really planning on hitting the snooze for five more
minutes.”
    “Sounds good to me.” Cash
holds me tight for another five minutes before the snooze erupts
from his