{"id":366,"date":"2010-07-02T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=366"},"modified":"2010-07-02T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T09:26:00","slug":"a-summer-gift-to-my-readers-a-short-story-by-lyn-cote-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/a-summer-gift-to-my-readers-a-short-story-by-lyn-cote-part-1","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Gift to My Readers-A Short Story by Lyn Cote-Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WATERMELON COWBOY<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Short Story by Lyn Cote
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(Copyright 2010 Lyn Cote)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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<\/o:p>“Hi, are you a cowboy?” <\/span>Danny asked.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah stood behind her freckled, about-to-enter-kindergarten son. <\/span>Affectionately she finger-combed his red curls. <\/span>On the way home from her new job and <\/span>Danny’s new daycare, they’d stopped at the roadside produce stand.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Well\u2026” <\/span>The tall, good-looking <\/span>man in denim eased out of his lawn chair, then stood up by the weather-beaten stand. <\/span>“Do you think a watermelon needs roping?”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“But you got on a cowboy hat.” <\/span>Danny pointed to the battered straw hat shaped like a Stetson the man wore.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“No, this is my melon hat. <\/span>Always wear it when I work the melon patch and <\/span>this stand.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Oh.” <\/span>Danny’s voice showed his disappointment. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah sighed inwardly. <\/span>She knew all about the kind of disappointment that comes when appearances were deceiving. <\/span>Her six-year marriage to Danny’s father had been an unfolding story of disillusionment. <\/span>The only things genuine she’d gotten out of the marriage were debt and Danny.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“What can I get for you, ma’am?” <\/span>the Watermelon Cowboy asked.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As Sarah read aloud her grandmother’s shopping list, perspiration trickled down her back from the late summer heat. <\/span>How did the cowboy look so cool?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He slapped open a paper bag. <\/span>“Why don’t you pick out the ears of corn you want?” <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Right.” <\/span>She’d lived so long on generic macaroni and cheese she’d forgotten what it was like to pick out fresh produce. <\/span>She walked to the table heaped with sweet corn. <\/span>A sign over it said, “Fresh picked today.” <\/span>Promises, promises, she said to herself.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She stripped down a piece of green husk from a plump ear of corn. <\/span>Performing the test for freshness she’d learned years ago during summer visits at her grandmother’s, she pressed her thumbnail into one pearl-sized, pale yellow kernel. <\/span>Creamy corn juice spurted out. <\/span>“Fresh,” she murmured in approval.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“That’s what the sign says.” <\/span>The cowboy grinned.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Assessing him, she dropped it in the bag he held.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Can I do that?” <\/span>Danny asked.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Sure can.” <\/span>The man swung Danny up to sit on the edge of the table and showed him how to test the corn. <\/span>“You’re Sarah Jane, Martha McDowell’s family, aren’t you?”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Yes, I am.” <\/span>Sarah sighed. Small town gossip. She’d been afraid people <\/span>here might talk behind her back. <\/span>She watched her son test each ear and drop it into the bag. <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The man leaned against the table and gave her a slow smile. <\/span>“I’m Tate, <\/span>Jessie Quint’s grandson.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah smiled back. She’d met Tate’s grandmother again just the other day.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“This is fun!” <\/span>Danny squirted the last ear of corn. “What’s next, Mom?”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“A muskmelon.” <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Danny grimaced. <\/span>“A mush melon. <\/span>That don’t sound good!”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tate chuckled. <\/span>“They’re kind of ugly on the outside, but they sure taste good.” <\/span>He bent down and opened a cooler. <\/span>“Want a sample?” <\/span>He held out two orangy chunks on toothpicks to them.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He went on, “I heard you came to live with Martha and help her out. <\/span>We’re glad. <\/span>She didn’t want to leave her home yet.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She nodded, then swallowed the sweet melon. <\/span>“It’s my grandmother who’s doing me a favor.” <\/span>She couldn’t hold back the regret in her voice. <\/span>Living with her grandmother would give her a chance to pay off <\/span>debts her ex had left behind in both their names.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Danny warily licked his melon chunk, then shoved it into his mouth. “Yummy!”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tate showed Danny how to shake a ripe muskmelon to hear the seeds<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

rattle. <\/span>“That’s how you know it’s a good one, ready to chill and eat.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Right!” <\/span>Danny formed his fingers into the “OK” sign.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Next?” <\/span>Tate asked. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Watermelon,” <\/span>Sarah said, glancing away, too aware of the man’s easy charm.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tate escorted them over to the shaded pile of watermelons.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Why don’t you just pick one out for me?” <\/span>Sarah said.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“No, you pick out one out <\/span>and I’ll ‘plug’ it for you.” <\/span>Tate grinned down at Danny who had perched on the largest melon.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“No one ‘plugs’ watermelons any more,” she objected warily. <\/span>Was he trying to impress her?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He crossed his arms casually over his chest. <\/span>“I do. <\/span>Only sure way to know.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She pointed at a green and yellow-striped melon. <\/span>He pulled out a knife, cut a triangle-shaped plug and handed it to her. <\/span>She bit <\/span>into the sweet red melon, then caught the sugary juice as it trickled down her chin. She couldn’t help it; she giggled.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“I want some!” <\/span>Danny declared.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tate cut and handed him a second plug.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“We’ll take that one.” <\/span>Sarah smiled shyly, her eyes lowered.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Just a few days to the Sweet Corn Festival. You planning on going?” <\/span>Tate asked as he carried the melon to her car’s trunk.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a simple question, but Sarah wondered if a possible invitation was close behind it. <\/span>She’d warmed to this friendly Watermelon Cowboy, but she hoped he hadn’t mistaken her smiles as flirtatious. <\/span>Romance was the last thing on her <\/u>mind. <\/span>“Maybe.” <\/span>With a polite wave, she drove away.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Drop by Tuesday July 6th to read the romantic ending!
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