A Cowboy's Worth by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Author:Vicki Lewis Thompson [Thompson, Vicki Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ocean Dance Press LLC

Chapter Fifteen

Damaris refused to allow her disappointment to show. So what if their affair had shrunk from approximately a week to one afternoon and night? Time was relative. One night or one week. Still finite.

“I haven’t said I would go.”

“We both know that’s the best course of action. You need to save the career you love. In your shoes, I’d go back.”

“Here we are!” Jenny appeared, all smiles, with two foaming mugs of ale and two orders of crisp fries. “Bon appetite!”

“Thanks so much, Jenny.” Damaris did her best to return Jenny’s smile.

“What in blue blazes happened here?” Jenny glanced from Damaris to Rory. “I leave two happy people and come back to the most down-in-the-mouth couple I’ve seen in the GG for months. What’s the deal?”

“I might have to leave tomorrow,” Rory said. “I’m needed back home.”

“But you just got here!”

“I know, but there’s a bit of a guddle that has to be handled.”

“A guddle?” Jenny looked puzzled.

“Aye. In other words, a mess.”

“What a wonderful word! I’m adopting it for my own. But I hate that you have a guddle that will take you away so soon. Isn’t there any way to handle it from here?”

Damaris had picked up her mug of ale, ready to drown her sorrows, but she put it back down. She’d accepted this turn of events without firing a shot. Had she given up too easily?

Jenny balanced her tray on her hip. “I mean, we have all sorts of ways to connect these days—phones, email, even face-to-face chats online. Surely—”

“Jenny, you’re brilliant.” Damaris exchanged a glance with Rory. “That just might work.”

He gave a slow nod. “I see where you’re goin’ with this, lass. It could at least buy some time.”

“It could.” Damn it, she had given up too easily. Checked her brain at the door when her emotions had become involved. “Thank you, Jenny.”

“Glad to be of help. Next time either of you end up with a guddle, let me know.” She grinned and walked away.

Damaris looked across the table at Rory. “This could be the solution that satisfies everyone.” Especially her. And that, damn it, was important, too. “If Aleck needs documentation, he can record a video chat with you. That would be a faster, more efficient way for him to compile what he needs, anyway.”

“If he agrees to it. I think part of me goin’ back is symbolic.”

“You will go back, but why does the opposition have to know exactly when?”

“That’s a good point. When are you leavin’?”

“My flight’s on Saturday morning.”

“Then I’ll fly out Saturday, too. That’s assumin’ Aleck goes along with this alternative.”

“Why not? A chance to spend time with your Montana relatives doesn’t come along every day. No telling when you’ll be back to see them again. Forcing you to leave when there’s a reasonable alternative would be—”

“He knows that wouldn’t be the whole reason.”

She blinked. “What do you mean?”

“I told him about you.”

“You what?”

“When he asked me to come home right away, I started hedgin’. Talked about how much I was enjoyin’ the visit with our cousins.

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