Page 16 of Something Tangled Something True (Rosa Ranch #1)

FUTURE PLANNING

She may have said no this time—not that I had made the proposal seem all that enticing— but I’m not giving up that easily.

I want to help Lola more than anything, and if I can earn back some of her trust after marrying Lemmon had broken us, for what I’d thought was for good, it’s more than worth the bruised knees and hours of groveling I’m happy to do if it changes her mind.

It’s strange having her back. It’s only been a few days since her arrival, and it’s like she never really left.

I know this life may not have been what she’d been planning, but maybe she could learn to love it. To love me again.

She was my first love, the first and last person I’ve ever felt something real and lasting with, and I’m determined to work for what I want.

For now, I have responsibilities to keep my racing mind occupied. I continue up the dry dirt path to the greenhouses, determined to make my last project of the day worthwhile.

The only thing that has ever rivaled my love for Lola has been reworking the world around me in an effort to better the way we do things.

For our environment. For the children and grandchildren I someday hope to have.

For this town that filled me with hope when I wasn’t sure there was any left to be had after Logan’s death, and then again after Lola left me and didn’t plan to return.

They rallied behind me, and I have every intention of doing the same for them.

That’s why this experiment has to work. This fertilizer has the components necessary to be versatile for all plants commonly grown on farms. It’s safe for cattle to feed on plants sprayed with it.

It doesn’t harm the waterways in any capacity or disturb the local wildlife or insects.

It also costs next to nothing to make, thanks to recycled materials, and would increase yearly production tenfold, making it so much easier to provide healthy, balanced meals to our schools.

I’m so close to the right formula, I can feel it.

If only I were as certain about my standing with Lola as I am about this.