Cowgirls don't cry

Chapter 2

Adaline

"Addy before your mother passed we had a big fight. I left and got dunk. I didn't come home that night because I met a woman. We spent the night together and I felt horrible Abigale was furious, she almost left me.

"Nine months later the same woman showed up on our door step and handed abagail this beautiful baby girl asking for us to take care of her because she could barely take care of the baby she already had. Abigail laid eyes on that baby girl and she named her Adaline Anastasia Taffy and said, 'John Taffy, I forgive you for what you have done.'", daddy said.

"Abby adored you from the seccond she laid eyes on you adaline.", the woman said. I mulled  over her statement for a minute. It was almost as if she knew momma. Daddy spoke again, "addy  you need to understand, I never ment to cheat on your mother and I spent the rest of her life making it up to her." I stood from my seat next to the boy on the couch and sat with daddy. "So I'm going with them? I'm leaving the farm?", I say barely above a whisper. "No Adaline were moving in with you.", The woman said. "This farm is yours addy. It's paid off come the end of the year.", daddy said rubbing circles on my back. My heavy heart seemed a little lighter then. "You'd have to show us how to work it and all but it will be a nice change." The man said. "Of course you will have to go to school with mason.", the woman said in a slightly understanding tone.

A couple of nights later daddy laid in a hospital bed. I never left his side. "Addy baby come here.", daddy said patting the bed next to him. I put down mommas guitar that I had been silently strumming and climbed in the bed with him. "Adaline play to your daddy one last song.", he whisper to the top of my hair. My heart shattered but I picked mommas guitar once more and began to strum mommas favorite song, cowgirls don't cry. I almost got to her favorite part when he grabbed my hand and began to sing to me.
"Cowgirl don't cry,
ride baby ride,
 lessons in life are gonna show you in time,
to soon God will let you know why,
if you fall get right back on,
the good Lord calls us all back home,
cowgirl don't cry." I put my head back on his chest above his heart. He kisses the top of my head before letting out a shaky breath and the heart monitor let's out a long slow beeeeeeeeeep as my daddy is taken from me.

For the first time since momma died I cried my heart out as the nurse walked in. "I'm sorry for your loss Ms. Taffy.", she said walking over to unplug him. "NO! DON'T TOUCH HIM!", I squeel. "Ms. Taffy I have to I'm sorry but I can't go against hospital rules.", she says sympathetically. A pair of arms loop around me and a chin rests on my shoulder, "Addy she's just trying to do her job." I turn to find mason, his brown eyes red rimmed and full of tears. I wrap my arms around him and cry. The nurse unplugs him and mason picks me up off the bed and carries me to the waiting room couch. I curl up in his lap and cry.

About 9am a wake to someone stoking my hair. "Adaline come on honey let's go home.", biomom says. I don't respond. Mason hugs me tight, "Come on addy." I climb out of masons lap and walk past biomom. "I brought you a change of clothes.", biomom say sweetly. I look down at my pjs with the little baby deers and bunnies on them, "No.", I whisper. I don't want to change they comfort me. Mason puts an arm around me, "Come on it will make you feel better. It's hot, mom brought you shorts." I look at him. He looks worried. I take the clothes from biomom and head to the bathroom.

The clothes are new. A bright pink top and lace shorts and a pair of those ugly Bob's shoes that everyone went crazy over in pink lace to tie the whole Barbie cotton candy outfit together. I walk out and throw my hair in a messy ponytail. Mason is sitting on the floor next to the bathroom, "Feel better now?" He says. I nod admittedly feeling a little better. "Come on I'll take you to get something to eat.", mason says taking my hand.