Chapter 2
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I woke up about 5 am and looked in the mirror in the bathroom and I noticed a touch of gray in my beard and hair and a couple of creases in my face. I started walking out of my bedroom and smelled eggs and bacon cooking and smelled some coffee.
I walked to the kitchen and got a surprise I saw her cooking breakfast.
She turned and smiled and said," Goodmorning handsome, I thought I would surprise you with some breakfast and coffee.. This is kind of a thank you for saving my life and bringing me into your house.
I was wondering who that woman in the picture with you is/?"
I said'" Well, I do appreciate this surprise and you are welcome. That woman in the picture was my wife Becky and she passed away about 5 yrs. ago. She died of liver cancer and she never drank."
She said," Oh you have my sympathies. I forgot to tell you my name is Celeste.' .
I said," Thank you, I have mourned for her. By the way my name is Russell or Russ."
She asked," You haven't dated sinece?" I said," Well, I busied mysel with trapping,building furniture and hunting in the fall."
She said," Ok I undersatnd."
She started putting eggs and toast on two plates and set them at the table. We sat down and I said grace and we started eating.
She asked," You still build furniture?'
I said," Yes, I do I have a shop behind the house I don't do to well working for somebody else. I have a website and people can order high end furniture. Between trapping and the furniture I get by."
She said," I am impressed you are quiet a man."
We finshed breakfast and cleaned up the kitchen and went to the shop and worked on a table that I have been working on to finish it. I was finishing staining it when Celeste walked in.
She said," That table is beautiful, somebody is going to love it."
I said," Thank you it is made of Ponderosa Pine they grow here." We went inside to eat lunch and than we cleaned up. I sat down on the couch and lit up the pipe and she sat down beside me with her legs and feet curled up underneath her.
She said," I love the smell of that pipe. I usually don't like anybody smoking around me but to like the scent of the pipe."
I said," Thank you it reminds me of my grandfather he would smoke it at the end of the day."
She said," It is absolutely beautiful here I love the mountains. How long have you lived here?"
I said," My great-grandfather moved here in 1922 and we have lived in the area since."
She said," Four generations wow I can see why this is beautiful here."
I looked aty her again her red hair shone in the sunlight her blue eyes sparkled and I was falling in love with her smile.
She saw me staring and blushed and asked," Is there something on my face?"
I said," Oh no you have a beautiful smile, and you are beautiful."
She said," Really? You think I am beautiful? I am so flattered."
I said," You have to know when you look in the mirror."
She said," I thought I was attractive but after tucking my penis with medical tape all these years I started to wonder."
I said," That doesn't bother me you are still beautiful."
She said," Oh, I need to call where I work and let them know I am alright and I can't get cell service here."
I said," Cell service can sometimes be spotty at times they are trying to improve it. You can use my phone in the kitchen."
She went in and called and I heard her talking for about half-hour and she said I have to get back to Hartford i have to see a client. Can you drive me to the airport. First, I want to take a picture of you."
I stood in front of my pickup and she snapped my picture.
She smiled and said," You are so ruggedly handsome I can see why your wife fell in love with you."
I blushed this time saying," Thank you. "
My pickup is an extended cab and I threw her back-pack into the backseat and helped her into the pickup.
I started up the powerstroke and unplugged it and backed out of the driveway.
She said," I think I can get used to riding like this but you know when and if I come back you have to court me properly."
I said," I think I can handle giving you that proper courtship." We got to the Havre airport and I brought the back in and she hugged me before going thru security. She said," I just might be moving here in a few months I just love it here and I think Havre would like having an interior designer."
I said," You should be able to fly to Billings and from there on into Hartford."
She walked thru than I headed to my pickup thinking about this beautiful woman whom I might be dating in a few months wondering if I can be brave enough.