The Texan's Promise

This SHORT STORY is approximately 4,000 words and also contains excerpts from Emma's Wish and Wild Wyoming Wind.

Mary Willow believed Garrett Connors when he left Texas, promising to come back for her. Now, four years later, he's home, and it seems he doesn't even recognize her. Was his promise a lie? Did she mean nothing to him? Or is there another reason why it took him so long to return?