Prairies of Heart

Chapter 20

Alright lets go; Elizabeth said

Elizabeth was taking Madison and Mason to school since they now lived in Rose Grove, San Francisco. Though Mason was only 3 and a half, it was his time to learn, and it surely was Maddy's time as she had been 6

Have fun, I love you; Summer said hugging Mason one last time and giving him a paper lunch bag. She pretended like it didn't hurt not seeing her son for almost eight hours each day but Henry kept her company. Francis and Elizabeth worked on the weekends while Henry and Summer had no need for work since they were set for years to come in money. While Henry cut logs and fed the livestock outside, Summer went back in to rest. Her time was almost up. She felt the wind grow colder around her, was tired all the time and every not to then she had brought up her supper but she didn't let Henry see. Summer felt something drop on her toes and looked down to see a loft of her hair. She quickly threw it away in the fire before Henry could see then went to lay down. Summer knew that her boys were going to be devastated without her but she also knew that they never would want her in pain. Wiping a tear away, she layed down and put the quilted blanket over her

Honey, Im; Henry went to whispering as he saw a sleeping Summer on the recliner

Henry knelt down and covered her up with a thicker blanket then kissed her cheek softly and whispered an I love you before going back out to ride the horses. He took the horses out by the school and hid out in the woods. It was now playtime for Mason and Maddy who were getting full of mud. "Thats my boy" Henry said softly and heard hooves behind him. He looked over to see 4 other men.

Your in our way; The man with a tophat said

I'll move, sorry; Henry said picking up the reigns

No, your fine. We come here too watch our kids; The tophat man said and they all aligned themselves in a row

My names Henry. Those two little ones playing in that mud are mine, Mason and Maddy; He said shaking the mans hand

My names Connor and my boys the one picking on the one with the red pigtails. Those two have had quite the crush. His names Reese and the girl is Sally, she belongs to Mary the owned of a diner along the hardware store; Connor said tipping his tophat

Hello there my names Bruce and the one on the steps is my daughter, Janice; The guy with a red flannel now named Bruce said

Nice to meet yall. We just moved to the area; Henry said

Yall are the ones that live by the town lake; A man riding a black horse said

Yes we are. Me and my wife wed yesterday; Henry said

Well shit, we shoud have a congratulations in order; Another man on a reddish brown horse