His eyes met hers, and he smiled shyly. "I guess you know I'd do just about anything for you, Miss Lily. Even farming, if it came to that." There was a rider coming over the rise, and Lily knew in an instant that it was Caleb. Given his direction, he'd been to Tylerville. She wanted to share that farm with just one man, and he was riding arrogantly across the creek at that moment. "Thank you, Wilbur," she said gently. "But I'm not the right woman for you." Wilbur, like Lily, was looking in Caleb's direction. "I understand," he said quietly, and then, without another word, he turned and walked away to help with the house.
( Linda Lael Miller )
[ Lily and the Major ]
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