One Last Sunset (The Long Ranch Series Book 1) Read Online Free PDF Page A

girlfriend. Did you beat him up?”
    “Yes, and that made her mad. She said I was trailer trash.”
    “But trailers are fun. We took one to South Dakota.”
    “Different kinda trailer, Smelly.” He gave her a gentle shove with his shoulder.
    “She sounds…trifling,” the word tangled on her tongue as she tried to say it the way her mother did.
    “Guess she is. Maybe I need someone classy like you.”
    Heat shot through the nine year old’s body as Sunny ran his fingers through his blond-to-the-point-it-was-almost-white hair. Her heart raced when he reached behind her and for a moment, she thought she’d get her first real kiss.
    Instead, he picked up his baseball cap and pulled it tight onto his head. “Well, maybe there’s a few calves left,” he said as he took her chin between his fingers and gave her a kiss on her cheek.
    Not what she’d hoped for, but still it left her whole face tingling.
    “Don’t tell the guys I was upset.”
    “I’d never tell on you, Sunny.”
    “That’s why you’ll always be my gal.”
     
    Melody woke on her stomach with her pillow held tight like she feared it would run away in the night. Sneaking back in her window had been a bit arduous. Sadly, her jeans had to be sacrificed. Luckily, it was just the knee and she could turn them into cute cutoffs. Ugh. She was almost twenty-six. She should be able to come and go as she pleased. Unfortunately, her mother didn’t agree.
    Something had woke her before her alarm went off. A dip in her bed followed by a thumping noise that reverberated through her skull.
    “Mellie.” Her brother Monty was violently poking her head.
    The thumping noise must be her brain sloshing against the bone. Seemed fair.
    “Mellie.”
    “You do know neutering is the best way to deal with unruly animals,” she groaned and cracked her eye, only to see the white of her pillowcase. Another hard thump to her skull aggravated the situation. “Also, I’m trained in said neutering procedure.”
    She rolled over to see her brother sitting in a t-shirt with a brown plaid western shirt unsnapped. If it weren’t for his hours outdoors he’d be lighter than her. Instead, his normally milk chocolate skin was now so dark you’d assume he was from the motherland…until he took off his shirt.
    “Could I still have sex?” Monty asked when she’d locked eyes with him. “Walt’s taking care of keeping the Long name going so the rest of us are off the hook.”
    “Have you told mom that?”
    “Please, she’d probably kidnap Ms. Black Texas and send me to Doc’s to procure a sample.”
    “Or she could just scrape it off your sheets.” Mel smirked. She swiped at her drapes and noticed a lack of light. “Not that I don’t love you almost as much as peanut butter and jelly, but why they hell are you in my room before the butt crack of dawn? More importantly, why did you insist on waking me?”
    “You need to go see MeMaw.”
    “Right now?” A shiver of fear shot up her spine.
    “No, but you haven’t been there for a few days and Lester needs to be looked at.”
    “Ain’t his stitches healed?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “Why did you wake me?”
    “Mom said to.” Monty laughed. Despite being two years her senior, he could be so childish sometimes.
    “She did?”
    “Yep, what did you do last night?” Monty asked with a raised eyebrow.
    A wave of guilt washed over Mel as she smashed her pillow over her face.
    “I’m twenty five,” she mumbled through the cotton poly fill. “Why am I afraid to use the front door after midnight.”
    “After?” Monty smirked. “You can’t tell me you didn’t sneak out too.”
    She tossed her pillow aside.
    “Speaking of last night.” Melody sat straight up. “Where the heck were you and the guys?”
    “Bible study.”
    Mel rolled her eyes. “I thought Clayton was fixing up the cabin?”
    “I hope not, then where would we worship?”
    Sunlight peeked from the bottom of her teal curtain, giving her an