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the love she’d had for Eulis. They had been bound by tragedy and a comedy of errors, and separated as harshly as they’d lived.

Robert Lee had offered a stronger, more peaceful kind of love that had proven to grow with time.

Each night when the weather was good, Letty would walk out onto the back porch and sit down on the top steps.

And wherever he was, that was Little Bit’s signal to come running. He would sit down beside her, and then, weary from the long day at play, would lay his head in his mother’s lap and wait for the weight of her hand on his head.

Together, they would sit in silence, watching the sun going down behind the tall, stately pines, while waiting for the moon to appear.

And as night came to the land, the first fireflies would come out, darting about in somewhat of a frenzy that never made much sense. Usually, the owl who lived in the barn would be the first to venture out, swooping past them on silent wings as they sat in growing darkness.

“Mama… do you hear it?” Little Bit would ask.

“Not yet,” Letty would say.

The screen door to the back porch would squeak, signaling the arrival of Robert Lee.

Without word, he took a seat on the step beside Letty, and put his arm around her as he patted the little boy’s head. At this point, Little Bit would look up and whisper…

“Daddy… we’re still a listenin’.”

“Okay,” Robert Lee would say, his heart full to bursting with love for the pair.

There, with her hand on her son, and her head on her husband’s shoulder, Letty would let go of the day’s frustrations.

Dark settled around them like a comfortable blanket. From somewhere in the distance, the first call would come—a plaintive, but persistent trill piercing the silence of the night.

Crickets always honored the call with a momentary hush. Tree frogs suspended their chorus, like Letty, awaiting the answer to the night bird’s plea.

A second trill would sound, and Little Bit would tense.

Letty often caught herself holding her breath—waiting—always waiting.

And then the answering call would come, as it always did each night when the lone whippoorwill got an answer from its mate.

“There!” Letty would always say, with quiet satisfaction. “He’s found her.”

“Just like I found you,” Robert Lee would say, and then kiss the smile his words put on her lips.

“And me!” Little Bit would cry. “Just like you found me, too.”

At that point, they moved from the porch steps to the house, shutting them in and the night out—right where it belonged.

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About the Author

Sharon Sala is a long-time member of RWA, as well as a member of OKRWA. She has over 125 books and novellas in print, published in six different genres - Romance, Young Adult, Western, Fiction, and Women's Fiction and Non-Fiction.

First published in 1991, she's an eight-time RITA finalist, winner of the Janet Dailey Award, five-time Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine, five time winner of the National Reader's Choice Award, and five time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer's Award of Excellence, winner of the Heart of Excellence Award, as well as winner of the Booksellers Best Award. In 2011 she was named RWA's recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017 Romance Writers of America presented her with the Centennial Award for recognition of her 100th published novel.

Her books are New York Times , USA Today, Publisher's Weekly best-sellers. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate.