The Cowboys pregnant fiance

Chapter 13

On the night of her mothers birthday Sherilyn left the Waffle house at four oclock enough time for her to go home and bake the same cake she did every year in remembrance of the mother who'd raised her pretty much by herself.

As she drove to her condo she tried not to think about how she'd told her coworkers that she had plans with some so called out of town family. It was a fib of course but she hadn't wanted anyone to feel sorry for her.

And she hadn't wanted anyone to pry.

Instead she tried to get excited about the whole grain macaroni and cheese with broccoli and ham dinner she was going to put together to enjoy in front of the TV watching a bunch of DVDs she'd rented. Funny movies romantic ones a whole marathon that would make her remember how her mom used to laugh or even when she had friends who used to come over and celebrate this day back in Houston. Contacting those friends in person was just to risky, even if she had sent them emails telling them she was okay.

Most of all though tonight's movie marathon would help her not think about Cody.

She hadn't seen him for a few days not since she had let him touch her belly. He just seemed so...Was freaked out the phrase she was looking for? Because when she had woken up from her nap he'd been outside doing his digging and staying out there late into the moonlight night, well beyond the time she'd finally gone to bed. He'd managed to avoid her at the diner too, although she'd seen more evidence of his digging outside her back yard fence as proof that he was still coming by the condo.

She turned her car onto Horizon road the last days winter sun brushing the fields and fences that rolled by.

If she'd scared Cody off she thought  then it was probably meant to be. And really shouldn't that point  have been driven home to her the other day when she'd seen him with that ex miner in town, the man up against the wall?

Yes, it was all true that all Cody was doing was defending her. She even appreciated that fact. But the very sight of him angry and threatning....

Lord the last thing she wanted to believe what that Cody was anything like Brett. That every man she met from here on out had it in him to lift a hand and strike out at someone, just as her ex fiancé had almost done with her.

But when she told Cody her fears there had been sorrow in his gaze. A look that she would almost call brokenhearted.

Not knowing what to make of him Sherilyn turned into the driveway of her condo complex motoring past the guest parking places and...

She sucked in a breath.

A familiar green truck had just backed out of a space and was coming towards her.

Cody was behind the wheel and when he saw her he put on his brakes.

She slowed her heart racing a mile a minute. Was he going to take off without saying anything? It sure looked like it as he just sat there.

But as she pulled up to him he rolled down his window leaning his arm on it his face just as unreadable as ever.

She rolled down here window too. "Done for the night I suppose."

"I had the day off at the ranch so I thought my time would be best spent here."

While she was at the diner, huh? "Did you make any progress?"

"Not so much."

The sound of their engines filled the pause.

She found herself talking even though she hadn't meant to. "Its my moms birthday."

"Your mom?" He hesitated then said. "I thought she..."

"She did. But I still celebrate even though she is gone. Maybe because she was one of the best things ever happened to me."