Owen’s eyes tracked the small figure that passed in front of his headlights as he took the truck out of park. He gave her only enough time to close the door before he started accelerating. He was sort of in a rush only insofar as being in a rush meant avoiding a confrontation with his mother. She would, no doubt, be curious as to just what he thought he was doing whisking a bride-to-be into the Montana night.
The truck bounced over the uneven yard, tires crunching over rocks before they maneuvered into the dirt path that led away from the ranch house. Dust and dirt were kicked up in a cloud cast red by the glow of his tail lights.
“Well, Lucky Lil’s, of course.” He answered Julianna’s question as she settled into the smaller middle seat next to him. He claimed her draping his arm over her shoulders and drawing her next to him. “There’s dollar drafts and a mechanical bull. Classiest place north of the Wyoming border.” He described their destination with more than a little bit of sarcasm.
The truck made a brief stop before pulling out onto the main two-lane road called Beartooth Highway that led south all the way to Wyoming and arched northeast out of Yellowstone and into Montana. The drive out of the national forest was eerily scenic. The night was clear enough to see the galaxy but the mountains that rose around them blacked out the stars with their jagged shapes.
Owen reclaimed his arm long enough to fiddle with the radio. “There’s country. Annndddd more country.” He turned from one station to another criticising the selection somewhat bitterly as if he wanted to impress the city girl with his awareness of how limited and backwards middle-of-the-country folks could be. He settled on one and put his arm back around her shoulders.
“So what are the odds I can get you on that mechanical bull tonight?” He asked with a wry grin.
The truck bounced over the uneven yard, tires crunching over rocks before they maneuvered into the dirt path that led away from the ranch house. Dust and dirt were kicked up in a cloud cast red by the glow of his tail lights.
“Well, Lucky Lil’s, of course.” He answered Julianna’s question as she settled into the smaller middle seat next to him. He claimed her draping his arm over her shoulders and drawing her next to him. “There’s dollar drafts and a mechanical bull. Classiest place north of the Wyoming border.” He described their destination with more than a little bit of sarcasm.
The truck made a brief stop before pulling out onto the main two-lane road called Beartooth Highway that led south all the way to Wyoming and arched northeast out of Yellowstone and into Montana. The drive out of the national forest was eerily scenic. The night was clear enough to see the galaxy but the mountains that rose around them blacked out the stars with their jagged shapes.
Owen reclaimed his arm long enough to fiddle with the radio. “There’s country. Annndddd more country.” He turned from one station to another criticising the selection somewhat bitterly as if he wanted to impress the city girl with his awareness of how limited and backwards middle-of-the-country folks could be. He settled on one and put his arm back around her shoulders.
“So what are the odds I can get you on that mechanical bull tonight?” He asked with a wry grin.
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