by Stephen Bly
Dewayne mumbled something.
* * *
“What did you say?” Develyn demanded.
“I said, ‘Wake up, Devy-girl.’”
Sunlight streamed through the open curtains of the guest room. Develyn found herself sitting up in bed staring at a fully dressed Casey Cree-Ryder.
“I’ve got My Maria and Uncle Henry loaded in my trailer. We’ll head home after we eat. Most of the rest are waiting downstairs for you so they can have breakfast.”
“Everyone is still here?”
“The sheriff came in about 3:00 a.m. and took the prisoners. Cuban gave Tallon a ride home about daybreak. Renny’s been out ridin’ a bronc. But I think he’ll come in for breakfast with you at the table. Lindsay’s in the kitchen, and your Quint is pinin’ for his Miss Dev.”
“He is?”
“Of course. Now, what was Ms. Worrell dreaming about?”
“Was I dreaming?”
Cree-Ryder scooted over next to the bed. “You sat up and were mumbling something. I just assumed it was a dream.”
“It’s all kind of vague.”
“Were you dreaming about cowboys?”
“No, that wasn’t it. I was dreaming about horses.”
“Did you learn anything?”
“I think maybe I got some things resolved.”
Casey Cree-Ryder raised her thick, black eyebrows. “Are you sure you were dreaming about horses?”
Develyn flopped back down and stared at the ceiling. It felt like every muscle and nerve in her body relaxed at the same moment. “Maybe I wasn’t dreaming about horses. Maybe I was dreaming about dreams.”
About the Author
STEPHEN BLY has authored ninety-two books, hundreds of articles, and has over one million books in print. His book The Long Trail Home (Broadman & Holman) won the 2002 Christy Award for excellence in fiction. His most recent book Paperback Writer (Broadman & Holman) has received strong national reviews (Publisher’s Weekly, July 14, 2003, et. al.). He speaks at colleges, schools, churches, seminars, and conferences across the U.S. and Canada. He has spoken on numerous television and radio programs, including Dr. James Dobson’s Focus On the Family. He is the pastor of the only church in town, Winchester Community Church. He also serves as the town’s mayor. He is an active member of the Western Writers of America.
He and his wife, Janet (who is also a writer), live at 4,000 feet elevation in the mountains of north-central Idaho, in the pine trees, next to a lake on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The Blys have three sons: Russ, Mike, and Aaron, two daughters-in-law, Lois and Michelle, and two grandchildren, Zachary and Miranda.
He is seldom, if ever, seen without his cowboy boots, hat, and jeans.
He owns two horses … Carlos and Sage (the horse formerly known as Prince.)
In 1963 he married the girl who sat behind him in his freshman English class.
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