HELL AND HEAVEN by DIANNE SMOAK (the speed reading book TXT) 📕

YES.” ANGEL COULD HEAR THEM CHEERING IN THE BACK GROUND.
“QUITE BOYS!” SERENA YELLED OVER THE NOISE. “SORRY DEAR, THEY ARE EXCITED.”
ANGEL WAS LAUGHING. “SERENA THERE IS A FEW PROBLEMS WITH ME TAKING THIS JOB.” SHE SAID SOFTLY.
“WHAT PROBLEMS DEAR?”
“WELL JIMMY WOULD HAVE TO COME WITH ME, AND I DON’T DRIVE.” ANGEL SAID HOPING THAT WOULDN’T STOP HER FROM GETTING THE JOB.
“I’M SURE JIMMY WOULD BE NO TROUBLE AND SOMEONE IS ALWAYS GOING TO TOWN FOR SOMETHING SO IT WOULD BE NO PROBLEM PICKING YOU AND JIMMY UP. CAN YOU COME OVER TO DAY AND TALK?” SERENA SAID PUTTING ANGELS FEARS TO REST.
“SURE, WHEN CAN YOU SEND SOMEONE?” SHE COULD HERE SERENA ASKING ONE OF HER SONS.
“ANGEL, COLE WILL BE THERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?”
“SURE, WE’LL BE READY THEN. GOOD BYE.”
“BYE DEAR.” ANGEL WAS GLAD IT WAS COLE AND NOT ONE OF THE OTHER BOYS COMING FOR HER. SHE KNEW COLE, AND SHE IS SHY AROUND MEN.
AS SERENA HUNG UP THE PHONE SHE SAID, “COLE WHEN YOU PICK UP ANGEL, DO NOT MENTION THE BRUISES TO HER.”
“I WON’T SAY ANYTHING TO HER. I DON’T THINK I COULD WITHOUT GETTING ANGRY.” SERENA KNEW COLE HAD A BAD TEMPER, BUT SHE KNEW HE KNEW HOW TO CONTROL IT.
“OKAY SON, I TRUST YOU. SEE YOU WHEN GET BACK BE SAFE.” SERENA WATCHED COLE WALK TO THE TRUCK. SHE REMEMBERS THE FIGHTS HE AND HIS BROTHERS USE TO GET IN AT SCHOOL. COLE WAS THE SLOW ONE TO GET ANGRY, BUT WHEN HE DID HE WENT FULL FORCE. SHE HAD IN COUNCELING AND THAT HAD HELPED BUT SHE WAS STILL WORRIED.
COLE GOT TO ANGEL HOUSE IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. WHEN HE GOT THERE HE COULD SEE JIMMY WAIT OUT SIDE. COLE COULD SEE HOW HAPPY HE WAS. JIMMY WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN AS HE GOT OUT THE TRUCK. “HEY, MISTER COLE. MOM, MISTER COLE IS HERE!”
“BE THERE IN A SECOND.” HE HEARD ANGEL CALL FROM THE HOUSE.
“MISTER COLE DO YOU HAVE A HORSE?”
“YES I DO. WHY DO YOU ASK?”
“I’VE NEVER SEEN A HORSE EXCEPT FOR PICTURES. ARE THEY REALLY BIG?”
“SOME CAN BE HOW ABOUT WHEN WE GET BACK I SHOW YOU MIDNIGHT. IF YOUR MOM SAYS IT IS OKAY. “
“IF I SAY OKAY ABOUT WHAT?”
“CAN GO LOOK AT MISTER COLE’S HORSE WHEN WE GET TO THE RANCH, PLEASE?”
“WE’LL SEE.”
“THAT MEANS NO.” JIMMY SAYS UNDER HIS BREATH. ANGEL TURNS HIM AROUND.
“THAT MEANS WE’LL SEE.”
“WITH DADDY, THAT MEANS NO.”
“I’M NOT YOUR DADDY AM I?”
“SORRY MAMA.”
ANGEL KISSED HIM ON THE FOREHEAD. “IT IS OKAY, SON.” COLE HELPED JIMMY AND ANGEL IN THE TRUCK. JIMMY ASKED HIM EVERY QUESTION HE COULD ABOUT THE HORSE ON THE RANCH. COLE ANSWERED EVERYONE OF THEM. ANGEL WAS IMPRESSED WITH COLE AND HOW HE MADE JIMMY THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. DEVLIN NEVER DONE THAT. HE WOULD ONLY SAY GO TO YOUR ROOM. SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHY HE DONE THAT, BUT HE HATED IT.
ANGEL REMINDED JIMMY TO BE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY PULLED INTO THE YARD. SHE SAW SERENA ON THE PORCH WITH AND OLDER VERSION OF COLE. AS THEY GOT OUT THE TRUCK SERENA SAID, “ANGEL, COME ONE IN.”
AS ANGEL WALKED UP ON THE PORCH SERENA INTRODUCED HER HUSBAND. “ANGEL THIS IS MY HUSBAND JOE.” “HELLO.” ANGEL SAID SHAKING HIS HAND.
“HELLO ANGEL WELCOME TO ROCKING C RANCH.”
“MOM CAN I GO LOOK AT THE HORSES?”
“SORRY THIS IS MY SON JIMMY. JIMMY SAY HELLO.”
“HELLO, NOW CAN I GO LOOK AT THE HORSES?”
“ANGEL, WHY DON’T YOU LET ME TAKE HIM WHILE YOU TALK TO MY MOM.” COLE SAID.
“IF YOUR SURE IT IS NO TROUBLE.”
“NO TROUBLE I’M WORKING IN THE BARN TO DAY AND I COULD USE THE HAND.”
ANGEL WAS WORRIED JIMMY WAS GOING TO BE IN THE WAY. SERENA SAID HE WOULD BE JUST FINE. “YOU LISTEN TO MISTER COLE.”
“YES MAMA. CAN I RIDE A HORSE?”
“NO RIGHT NOW MAYBE LATER.”
“PLEASE MOM.”
“YEAH PLEASE MOM.” COLE SAID. “I PROMISE TO BE CAREFUL.”
ANGEL WAS LAUGHING AT COLE TRYING TO MAKE PUPPY DOG EYES LIKE JIMMY. “OKAY STOP WITH THE EYES.” SERENA LAUGHED ALONG WITH THEM. SHE FIGURED ANGEL DIDN’T LAUGH MUCH AND COULD TELL HOW MUCH SHE NEEDED IT. ANGEL TOLD JIMMY TO LISTEN AND WATCH THEM WALK TO THE BARN
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Publication Date: 06-22-2011

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