nobody knew why, but Rhett had been beaming like a tomato for weeks. A spring in his step, a new shine in his boots. But he had a glow about him.

“He’s in the barn with his girlfriend.” Amy dropped into the family discussion without any idea that she was the only one that knew his secret.

the whole family got up and straight to the bar. At first, they thought it was empty, but then they heard the giggling, the boot shuffling and they peaked into one of the old pens…and found Rhett and some unknown girl eating each others faces behind some hay bales.

everyone was surprised. Rhett wasn’t really the lovey type, he was known for finding a girl, messing around and dropping her. But the two were like a couple of school kids.

Royal clears his throat and the two split up, blushing and giggling.

“What the hell is going on here?” Royal asks, not thrilled but he was glad the two weren’t going past kissing.

Rhett, surprising everyone, wiped the lipgloss from the girls chin. But he did it with such tenderness, his family could tell this wasn’t just a random girl…This was his girl.