Granny's Will: Just For Spite

Granny's Will: Just For Spite

81,664 words, 260 pages (print edition), Southern fiction novel, Appalachian fiction novel,, Romantic suspense, Mountain novel, Contemporary literary fiction, Mountain life

From Chapter 1:
Iâ€™m one of those children being raised by her Granny. Iâ€™m lucky to have her and at the same time Iâ€™m unlucky. I donâ€™t have a mother and father like the other children do. Iâ€™ve asked about my parents a lot, but Grannyâ€™s not the kind to talk about things unless she wants to. She donâ€™t talk about my daddy at all, and very little about my momma. Iâ€™ve learned to accept that the best way I can.

From Chapter 9:
â€œThatâ€™s what I thought. At least weâ€™re agreeing on two things. We both want the land thatâ€™s being dangled in front of our faces, and we neither one want to be married to each other in order to get it, but what choice do we have?â€
â€œFinally, something we can agree on,â€ I said.
â€œThen letâ€™s go get married and get it over with, before we have time to study on it long enough to change our minds.â€
I shuddered. Just the thought of being married to Blake Anderson was more than I thought I could stomach. Just thinking about it was enough to make me want to start puking, and I had a constitution of lead. â€œI donâ€™t know if I can do it?â€ I told him truthfully. â€œItâ€™s a mighty high price to ask me to pay.â€
â€œYeah, but itâ€™s a revocable price that will only last a day or two. Surely, if I can do it, you can do it. We did manage to stay civil long enough to bury that old conniving coot.â€
â€œBurying her was a lot easier than getting married will be.â€
â€œThen donâ€™t think of it as us getting married. Think of it as signing a paper that will make us land owners.â€
I considered that for a minute. â€œWeâ€™ve got a day less than two weeks,â€ I told him.
â€œYeah, but Iâ€™m kind of wanting that piece of land right now,â€ he admitted. â€œIâ€™m afraid if we wait something will happen and weâ€™ll both lose out. Besides what does it matter when we sign those papers so long as weâ€™re making sure we get the land?â€
â€œI detest the thought of having you as a husband.â€
â€œNo more than I detest having you as a wife. Look, you wonâ€™t have a husband, and I wonâ€™t have a wife, not in real life. Weâ€™ll only be putting our names on paper for a little while. Surely you can think of it that way if I can.â€
I looked at him and he looked back at me. There was no question that we hated each other, nor was there any question how badly we both wanted Grannyâ€™s land.
â€œWe might as well beat that old woman at her own game,â€ he said. â€œNo doubt she thought weâ€™d be fighting with each other like two rabid dogs. Letâ€™s fool her, Kallie. Letâ€™s make a deal with each other and let her rot in her grave. What do you say?â€
Again, if I hadnâ€™t been so mad at Granny, Iâ€™d have slugged him in the nose for talking about my granny like that, even though I was thinking worse of her. I forced myself to take another moment to give his words serious consideration. For once in his life, he was right. Granny had to think weâ€™d be at each otherâ€™s throats right now instead of having a somewhat civil discussion as to the best course of action to take.
Iâ€™d have to hand it to that old coot, she was still in control because she could make us get married if we wanted to own the land she was dangling in our faces, but she couldnâ€™t make us live with each other as man and wife. We could beat Granny at her own game because it wouldnâ€™t matter if we were married or not? No piece of paper can make two people husband and wife.
â€œDeal?â€ Blake asked again.
â€œWhy not,â€ I told him. â€œSo long as you stay far away from me.â€
â€œThen we have us a deal.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Moody Valley
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-05-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Moody Valley
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-05-16
Format	Kindle eBook

Granny's Will: Just For Spite

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