right up to the front porch. There was a modern looking stable next to it with a large shed attached. Next to the stable stood a big red barn with a silo attached at one end. There was an odor of horse manure permeating the air around the house.
Her aunt walked out on the porch as they rolled up. She was a small lady with a stern face. Her hair was in a gray bun on top of her head. She wore an old fashioned dress that went all the way down to her ankles and it was covered with an apron.
A young girl that looked about eighteen was standing on the porch beside her. Her blonde hair in a ponytail and a pair of the shortest cut offs Macy had ever seen. She had a big grin on her face.
When Roy helped Macy out of the buggy she brushed the dust off her suit. Then she walked up the steps.
The young girl watched her as she climbed the steps.
Roy spit out his chew, pushed the hat back on his head and said, “Ma’am you forgot your bags.”
Macy looked at her Aunt in disgust, turned around fast and stormed down the steps. She grabbed the bags out of the back of the buggy and staggered back up the steps carrying the heavy load.
Maude could tell Macy was going to be a hand full by her attitude.
“Aunt Maude you are going to have to teach these men on the ranch how to treat a lady. They are all rude, ill-mannered and obnoxious.”
“We’ll have to see what we can do about that Macy.”
Roy was grinning at Maude the whole time. He knew she was just trying to appease the young woman.
Maude and Megan looked at each other and just shook their heads. Macy’s Aunt put her arms around Macy and hugged her.
“Goodness child you have sure grown up into a fine young woman since the last time I saw you. Why you were no bigger than a minute.”
Macy could smell the flower on her from baking in the kitchen. It brought back memories of the last time Maude had hugged. That was the one distinct thing that hadn’t changed about her aunt.
She had been in the kitchen all morning preparing a special meal for Macy’s arrival. She wanted very much for her to like it there.
“Macy I am so glad to see you. I haven’t seen you since you were a little girl.
This is your cousin Megan. You were so little the last time I saw you, you probably don’t remember her.”
Macy shook Megan’s hand and said, “Glad to meet you Megan. I don’t remember a whole lot about the last time you came to visit us in Boston. I have heard so much about you though from Aunt Maude.
I can’t say as much for your brother though. I think he is a very crude and disrespectful person. I guess he being adopted and all has a lot to do with his rudeness.”
Megan gave Macy a questioning look. She loved Turk and she couldn’t see why everyone else didn’t feel the same way about him she did. She thought he was the grea test guy there was. He and Megan were always very close.
“Megan, why don’t you take Macy and show her to her room? I’m sure she is tired from her long trip. I have to get back in the kitchen.”
Megan led her into the house and showed her the room she would be staying in. she showed her the bathroom and which bedrooms belonged to each of them. When she saw Turk’s room was next to hers she wasn’t too happy about that.
Macy looked around at the house and the inside of her room. As she was looking around she was thinking to herself, “Man how can anyone live so crude.” She wondered why at least a designer hadn’t furnished the inside of it for her aunt. She knew right away she wasn’t going to like her visit at all.
She already missed Boston and her big house. She could be playing tennis with Beth about this time at the Country Club or maybe out with Michael.
Turk went to the department store down the street from the café.
Macy’s aunt had sent him there to pick up some western stile clothes that she had ordered for Macy. She wanted her to blend in with the rest of the people that worked on the ranch.
He picked them up and