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quickly and closed the door on a still aroused Jared.
     
     
     
    Chapter 10
     
    Ava paused midway up the stairwell as she saw Lily exit Jared room. She stared at the young woman and was both concerned and elated at the same time. Lily looked distraught and disheveled, her hair was roughly mused and her clothes needed straightening. It was obvious what had happened and she wondered when it had all started. She continued up the stairs and decided to see what he son thought of it.
    “Jared it’s mom, open up.” She kept her voice light and cheerful. The door was pulled open a few seconds later. He looked no better than Lily had looked. She had never seen him quite so confused and frustrated.
    “I came to see if you needed anything before you went downstairs but I saw Lily leave, so you must be ok.” He had used that time to pour himself a shot of bourbon and finished the expensive liquor in one swallow. She had hardly ever seen him drink and used it as an opportunity to question him.
    “You look a little shaken son, is everything alright? Is tonight more than you expected?” she meant too much to deal with the party but she knew he was thinking of one woman in particular.
    She moved to sit on the bed and watched as he finished getting ready. He look a brush to his hair and smoothed the ruffled locks into it’s perfectly order. He looked impeccable in everyway and she felt pride that her son had turned into wonderful man. She tried to keep an open mind and knew that although Jared was responsible and hardworking that he never had a problem in getting what he wanted whether it was with work or with women. He was too secure about what life had to offer and for the first time that she could remember he didn’t seem to know what to do with the problem at hand.
    “I’ve met some of the ladies downstairs and they all seem very nice, beautiful too, there shouldn’t be a problem finding a woman you want to marry. Lily did a great job in choosing that group.” She laughed a little. “That girl sure knows the kind of women you favor, not an ugly one in the bunch.”
    He turned to look at her, a serious expression in his eyes.
    “Mom ...” he paused as thought searching for the right words. “How do you feel about Lily?”
    She kept eye contact with him when she answered.
    “You know I love Lily, she’s a great girl; she’s smart and funny and quite beautiful. She’ll have no problem finding someone to love her when she goes to Dallas.”
    “What are you talking about, Lily’s not going anywhere, and I wouldn’t let her.” His eyes gleamed angrily. “Did she say when this great move was going to happen?”
    “I believe she will leave when she’s gotten you the wife you wanted. You don’t have to worry about her not knowing anyone. There are several young men downstairs, I believe they were cousins or brothers of a few of the girls, anyway several of them live in the Dallas area and had already shown some interest in our little Lily. There is one fellow named Brian that’s talked to her several times this evening and has asked her out on a date for tomorrow evening.” She kept her voice in a very conversational manner but gleefully cheered on the inside at the growing anger in Jared, the vein in his forehead throbbed noticeably.
    “Like hell he has. There are rules around here where Lily’s concerned. No one touches her.” He fairly growled the words.
    “No one but you is what you meant; she’s not a baby chick Jared. Let the girl live a little and have some fun. She needs a little experience before she gets out into a bigger city, and Brian seems like a fine man. He’s also a stranger and doesn’t have to follow the rules that the ranch hands follow. He doesn’t know about the Lily rule.” She walked over to him and brushed a speck of lint from the jacket that sat squarely on his huge shoulders.
    “Jared its curtain time and your audience awaits you but you might want to wipe off the lipstick