An Unconventional Lady (2014)
““I promise I’ll let you know as soon as I return.”
“No hurry.” Miss Cartwright held her at arm’s length. “Guests will be fewer once the snows hit. Go have that experience you’ve been craving.”
“Thank you.” Annie dashed from the hotel. She’d spent months tiptoeing around Dallas and watching Mother and Mr. Harris move closer to a wedding date, and today was the last tour Dallas would lead into the canyon until springtime. She had to be part of that tour. She might not have another chance.
She glanced at the barn, where he and three men gathered around the mules. Mother was tying a bedroll behind a saddle. Mother? Mr. Harris? Oh, Annie needed to hurry. There was one riding mule left.
The day before, she’d packed warm clothes and enough food for several days. She grabbed the bedroll and saddlebags from under her bed now and raced back outside, grateful for the slimmer split skirt that afforded her ease of movement.
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