Amanda Renee - Betting on Texas

The entire room grew quiet. All eyes focused on Miranda.

“Look, I don’t know who you are—”

“Charlotte,” Jesse interrupted. “I don’t think now is the time to discuss this.”

“No! I want to hear what she has to say.” Miranda eyed Jesse warily. “Tell me...Charlotte, is it? What else have you heard?”

“You’re going to ruin a century’s worth of history by tearing apart Double Trouble.”

“Now, I wonder where you could have heard that from.” Miranda slid out of the booth.

“Miranda, please sit down.” Jesse tried to grab her hand but she snatched it away.

“May I have your attention please?” Miranda addressed the luncheonette. “As if I don’t already.”

Jesse crossed his arms in front of him on the table and lowered his head. His plan backfired. Breakfast was supposed to relax her. To prepare her for the day ahead. He even wanted to learn a little more about her. It wasn’t supposed to be a free-for-all in the middle of town.

“Not that my plans are any of your concern, but I would like to set the record straight.”

Brace yourself. This is going to be a doozy.

Everyone in The Magpie hung on Miranda’s every word.

“I didn’t buy Double Trouble to build a housing development. I bought it to live on,” Miranda said in a calm, steady voice. “And if any of you have a problem with that, deal with it!”

So much for calm.

Jesse glared at Miranda when she sat down. He couldn’t believe what he had just witnessed. The entire town would catch wind of it in a half hour flat.

“I hope you realize you succeeded in making a first-class fool of yourself.”

“Me?” Miranda snarled. “You, sir, succeeded in making a fool out of me long before I came to town.”

Bridgett approached with plates of food. She stood at the edge of the table, uncertain whether to place them down or retreat to the kitchen.

“Regardless, you could have handled the situation with tact instead of acting like a spoiled rotten child.”

“Spoiled? You know nothing about me.”

“I know enough to see you blew into town and knocked me right off a ranch I had worked hard for.”

“Once and for all, it was not my fault. You should have bid higher.”

“I didn’t have the money!” Jesse stood up, threw some bills on the table. Bridgett stepped aside to avoid toppling her plates. “I don’t need this.”

Miranda stood, causing Bridgett to step in the opposite direction, almost dropping everything this time.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Miranda chased after him as he walked through the door.

“Away from you!” Jesse yelled over his shoulder as he threw her the truck keys. “Have fun finding your way back to the ranch.”

On the sidewalk, Miranda turned to see everyone in the luncheonette watching her through the window.

“What are you looking at?” she yelled, and motioned them away with her arms. “You’ll pay for this, Mr. Langtry!”

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