{"id":20005,"date":"2019-02-13T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=20005"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:39:44","slug":"when-your-true-lover-comes-your-way-by-jc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=20005","title":{"rendered":"When Your True Lover Comes Your Way (by JC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:<\/strong> It’s another Wednesday, another “western of the week” for a young actor still looking for his big break.\u00a0 But a man’s luck can change when he least expects it. (A Jack Richards<\/a> story for Valentine’s Day)<\/p>\n

Rating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0713 words<\/p>\n

Jack Richards Series<\/strong>:
\nRight is the Third Left<\/a>
\nWhen Your True Lover Comes Your Way<\/a>
\nThere Is A Season<\/a>
\nReprise<\/a>
\nReturn to Grace<\/a><\/p>\n

When Your True Lover Comes Your Way<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was during a publicity shoot in 1957, a Wednesday in August, when he first saw her.\u00a0\u00a0 Jack Richards was a struggling actor with a guest role on a yet another nondescript television western, his bread and butter in those days.\u00a0 He averaged at least one a week, and this one was par for the course except for the\u00a0photographer’s assistant, a petite honey-blonde with ebony eyes and a winsome smile, who suddenly made the tedious afternoon much more interesting.\u00a0 \u00a0Seizing the first opportunity, he introduced himself and they chatted between shots. \u00a0Her name was Liz Kelley, a UCLA graduate and army brat originally from South Carolina who spent her teenage years at Fort Irwin near San Bernardino. \u00a0She was articulate, charming and down-to-earth, and it struck him that here was a girl with brains who acted as though she had no idea how pretty she was. \u00a0Or perhaps she did know, and maybe she was just smart enough not to show it. In either case, she was the kind of girl who had always intrigued him. When he finally had a chance to ask her out afterwards, she thanked him politely and told him she didn’t date actors. \u00a0She smiled and wished him good luck as she said goodbye.<\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t let her go that easily though, and she eventually changed her mind.\u00a0 Jack wasn’t sure if she really wanted to go out with him or if she just gave in to his persistence out of sheer exhaustion, but it didn’t matter to him as long as she said yes.\u00a0 All he needed was a chance to prove what he already knew. \u00a0They had a quiet dinner and went dancing afterwards.<\/p>\n

The band was playing one of his favorite songs as he led her onto the dance floor and took her in his arms for the very first time.\u00a0 It was no surprise to him how well she seemed to fit there.<\/p>\n

It’s cherry pink and apple blossom white
\nWhen your true lover comes your way
\nIt\u2019s cherry pink and apple blossom white
\nThe poets say. \u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

The story goes that once a cherry tree
\nBeside an apple tree did grow
\nAnd there a boy once met his bride-to-be
\nLong, long ago…<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Her hair smelled like the honeysuckle that grew outside his bedroom window back home. And home was what she felt like to him.<\/p>\n

The boy looked into her eyes <\/em>
\nIt was a sight to enthrall <\/em>
\nThe breezes joined in their sighs <\/em>
\nThe blossoms started to fall <\/em>
\nAnd as they gently caressed <\/em>
\nThe lovers looked up to find <\/em>
\nThe branches of the two trees <\/em>
\nWere intertwined… <\/em><\/p>\n

Afterwards, he kissed her, and he knew then that she knew, too.<\/p>\n

It was a Wednesday.<\/p>\n

~*~<\/p>\n

Jack and Liz were married on Valentine\u2019s Day, 1958, in a little church in Encino. \u00a0She wore white silk taffeta and Chantilly lace and the pearls he had given her on Christmas Eve. \u00a0He saw his future in her eyes and promised to love, honor and cherish her until death.<\/p>\n

Sara Kathleen Richards entered the world kicking and screaming in the wee small hours of December 30, 1959, all seven pounds, five and one-quarter ounces of her. \u00a0Later, in the quiet of the hospital room where his exhausted wife lay sleeping, his daughter gave no indication of the temper she displayed upon her arrival as he held her. \u00a0She stared up at him with dark eyes that almost seemed to recognize him.<\/p>\n

“Yes, I’m your daddy,” Jack whispered, smiling down at her. \u201cYou know that, don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

He brushed his little finger against her tiny fist, and she gripped it, wrapping him instantly and irrevocably around hers. \u00a0Liz stirred in the bed; he glanced over at her but she did not awaken. \u00a0Turning his attention back to the pink and white bundle in his arms, his gaze fell on the newspaper lying on the table next to him, and he grinned when he noticed the date under the masthead.<\/p>\n

Lucky Wednesdays were getting to be a habit.<\/p>\n

It’s cherry pink and apple blossom white
\nWhen you\u2019re in love.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

**End**<\/p>\n

“Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” — 1955; music by Louiguy, original French lyrics by Jacques Larue translated by Mack David.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Summary: It’s another Wednesday, another “western of the week” for a young actor still looking for his big break. But a man’s luck can change when he least expects it. (A Jack Richards story for Valentine’s Day )<\/p>\n

Rating: G 713 words<\/p>\n

Jack Richards Series, links to all stories included within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10253,"featured_media":4147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full-width-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[687,33,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern-day","category-other","category-romance","category-short-stories","wpcat-687-id","wpcat-33-id","wpcat-3-id","wpcat-8-id"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":1075,"today_views":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Building20for20Forever_Adam.jpg?fit=116%2C116&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18587,"url":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=18587","url_meta":{"origin":20005,"position":0},"title":"Right is the Third Left (by JC)","author":"JC","date":"October 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Summary: He may be retired, but to his fans Jack Richards will always be Alex Carver, the most drop dead gorgeous cowboy to ever roam the Badlands... 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