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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zephiey" data-source="post: 32398" data-attributes="member: 14">Title: MatchmakerChapter 2Sue Ellen walked up to Clayton; he was talking to an older woman, she placed a hand on his arm. “Excuse me Clayton, I’m sorry for interrupting but have you seen AJ?” asked Sue Ellen, glancing around trying to spot her eight-year old son.Clayton looked at Sue Ellen. “Bit? No, come to think of it I haven’t seen him in a while,” replied Clayton.“Clayton Farlow will you stop calling my son by that nickname,” scolded Sue Ellen, hitting the older man gently.“Ow woman! Stop beating me,” complained Clayton, rubbing his arm. “See the abuse I have to put up with Miss Ellie,” teased Clayton, smiling at the older woman. Grabbing Sue Ellen’s hand in his before she could administer another slap to his arm, Clayton smiled at her before speaking. “Miss Ellie may I introduce my…hmm what do I call you…?” mused Clayton, rubbing his chin and grinning at Sue Ellen.Rolling her eyes at Clayton’s teasing Sue Ellen held her hand out to the other woman. “Miss Ellie, I’m Sue Ellen Shepard. This old reprobate’s friend and as he often says adopted- but-not-quite-almost-daughter. It’s a pleasure to meet you,” said Sue Ellen offering her hand to the older woman. “You have a lovely ranch,” added Sue Ellen, her soft Texas drawl adding warmth to her words.“Hey, less of the old you,” grumbled Clayton to Sue Ellen watching the two women.Laughing lightly Miss Ellie took Sue Ellen’s hand replying, “Thank you Sue Ellen. It is a pleasure to meet you too. So tell me, how long have you known Clayton?” asked Miss Ellie, slipping her arm through Sue Ellen’s.“And that’s my cue to go look for Bit,” said Clayton, eyeing the two women. He suddenly felt like a bug under a microscope. “Miz Texas, I’ll send Bit over to you when I find him,” Clayton said, kissing Sue Ellen’s cheek then tipping his hat to Miss Ellie before making his escape.“Miss Texas?” asked Miss Ellie.“Yes, I was Miss Texas. In fact, that is where I met Clayton, at the pageant. He was one of the guest judges and the rest, as they say is history,” said Sue Ellen, looking at the older woman.Miss Ellie smiled. She liked this young woman. There was something about her, which intrigued Miss Ellie. ‘I wonder if…No Ellie…you promised,’ she silently scolded herself. Glancing at Sue Ellen again, Ellie thought, ‘it wouldn’t really be interfering if I just so happened to introduce her to him…no…it wouldn’t be interfering at all…’“Sue Ellen I would love to hear about how you met Clayton and you have a son, correct?” asked Miss Ellie. At the mention of her son Sue Ellen’s face radiated joy.“Yes, his name is Aaron John, AJ for short. Clayton calls him Bit. Clayton is as close to a grandfather as AJ has,” said Sue Ellen. Miss Ellie smiled. When Sue Ellen spoke of her son the love she felt for him was evident in her voice and in her expression.“Aaron, you say?” asked Miss Ellie, as they walked toward one of the tables toward the back of the patio. “My father’s name was Aaron,” said Miss Ellie as she and Sue Ellen sat down.Soon the two women were engaged in conversation and Miss Ellie skilfully extracted Sue Ellen’s entire life story. Miss Ellie learned of Sue Ellen’s teenage battle with alcohol, her pageant win and meeting Clayton to her marriage, and subsequent divorce due to her husband’s physical abuse. She learned of the premature birth of her son due to that same abuse, to her purchase of Valentine Lingerie and her plans for the future. Plans that included a hope for remarrying, something that pleased Ellie to no end.“I would love to remarry,” said Sue Ellen. “But most men run the other way when they find out I’ve an eight-year old son. And the ones that don’t become intimidated when they discover I run a multi-million dollar company,” added Sue Ellen, her chin propped on her hand as she looked over at Miss Ellie. Normally Sue Ellen was reserved, almost to the point of wariness with people never revealing more than necessary. But there was something about Miss Ellie some kindness that had her divulging her entire history to the older woman.‘Maybe this is what a mother is supposed to be like,’ Sue Ellen silently mused thinking about her own mother Patricia and her cold, calculating attitude.  “You evidently haven’t met the right type of men,” said Miss Ellie.“Hrumpff,” scoffed Sue Ellen, rolling her eyes. “Miss Ellie, I’ve met more men than you can shake a stick at and every single one of  them hightailed it for the hills as soon as they were able. I am so sick of the entire dating thing that I am seriously thinking of swearing off men forever!” she said.Miss Ellie laughed. “As I said, you evidently haven’t met the right type of man,”  she said firmly.“Hrumpff,”  Sue Ellen repeated.TBC</blockquote>

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