Bluebonnet Days

Alter Ego

Mia looks at me to see if I’m ok. “Mia, I’ll be fine, I am fine. I’m home now and I knew this was not going to be easy. My family needs me and they are expecting me to lay roots here. Guess it's time to join the local dating scene or why don't I just end up being a spinster?” We both laughed and headed back into the party to mingle.

Several more hours went by of catching up with several glasses of wine, exhaustion was taking over. It is already 9pm on a Friday night and it has been a 2 day drive from Montana. Bed was calling my name, so I made one more pass through to say good night. I walked out on the back porch to find my family and the Lancasters talking. I was just about to ask if Weston had already left, to only see him walking through the screen porch door. His parents asked where Laura Belle was. “O, I just took her back to her hotel. She complained she was jet lagged after her flight from Georgia.” We all just kinda of smirked at each other, trying not to laugh over being jet lagged over a 2 hour flight. Weston then strolled over ever so calmly and put his arm around my waist, like it was nothing. Though I tried to pull away, he only held on tighter. I then tried not to pay it attention as we talked about some business and Mondays meetings. I notice he has been pulling me closer to him. When did he get this domineering factor about him? As I am lost in thought, I feel my phone vibrating. I see it is a previous client from England, so I excuse myself quickly to take the call.

“Hello, Mr. Hughes, how can I assist you?”

“Miss Dupont, I heard you officially resigned from Colonial Corp and moved back home. Is everything ok? What can I do to make you stay and keep over my accounts?”

“O, Mr. Hughes, that is very kind of you to say, but yes everything is ok. My apologies for not reaching out personally yet, as I had planned to email all my clients on Monday. I rolled off fairly quickly to get home due to some projects the ranch needs me to assist on. I promise though, you are in great hands with Johnathan and Stacy. I went over everything in extreme detail with them.”

“Well Miss Dupont, I am quite disappointed. I will give those 2 a chance, but I cannot promise that I will not reach out with concerns in the future. O hell, I might even let you personally take on my accounts on your own.”

“I am happy to help any way I can Mr. Hughes.”

“I guess that also means you will not be coming over the pond in August. As I was hoping to introduce you to my nephew. You two would be a very distinguished match.”

“O! Well thank you again for the kind words. I will not be over there in August, but I hope to be over to visit within the year for vacation. As far as your nephew, I wish him the best, as I am not looking to settle down anytime soon. But thank you for considering me. That means a lot, as you have always treated me like family.”

“Well of course Miss Dupont, my family adores you and you have made me quite a bit of money as well. But I will let you go now as I know it's later there. Good Night Miss Dupont.

“Good night Mr. Hughes and please call me anytime you need anything. Good bye”

After I hung up, I just stared at my phone. I really loved my job and clients at Colonial Corp back in Montana and being able to still travel to meet my clients. I also was working part time for the ranch as well. My Aunt Patsy currently was running most of it while I was off traveling, getting my degrees and real world experience. She decided she wanted to fully retire by the end of summer, so I was beckoned to come home to fulfill my family duty. I still cannot shake the feeling of something big happening in the near future as I step into the family business.