A Family For Rose by Nadia Nichols

Author:Nadia Nichols
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Forever Romance
Published: 2018-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

BILLY HELPED SLOUCH replace the tires with a matched set he’d found in his endless stacks out back of the Quonset hut. They had good tread and Slouch gave him a good price.

It was handy that Slouch had a vehicle lift and did mechanical work, as well. He told Billy it was fine to leave McTavish’s truck there, they could pick it up anytime. By three that afternoon Billy was driving his own truck back through Bear Paw, past the Grange Hall, where the barbecue was winding down, past Willard’s General Store.

He pulled in to the Dog and Bull parking lot, which was filling up early with Saturday spillover from the barbecue. He sat for a moment, engine idling, wondering how wise it was to risk getting his tires slashed twice in one day, but Boyd Bannon’s comments had rubbed him the wrong way. How could he not show up at the Dog and Bull after being challenged in public that way?

He cut the ignition and climbed out of the truck. It wouldn’t take long to find out what Boyd and his boys wanted him to tell McTavish. Then he’d head home and try to patch things up with Shannon. He pushed through the door of the Dog and Bull. The bar was full, the jukebox was blaring and the first person Billy recognized wasn’t Boyd Bannon.

It was Travis Roy.

Travis was holding court at center stage, signing autographs and chatting with several of the patrons, most of them pretty young women. He was wearing his signature black Stetson with the fancy silver conch hatband, blue jeans and a dark leather jacket. When he saw Billy, he finished signing the back of a placemat and started toward him. Billy edged through the crowded room, ignoring a hail from an unseen Boyd at the back of the room.

“Stay away from Shannon, Travis,” Billy said when they’d come face-to-face, speaking loudly over the noise, his blood up. “She told us about the restraining order. If you show up at the McTavish ranch again, I’ll call the sheriff and have you arrested.”

“Whoa. Easy, Billy.” Travis raised both hands in a gesture of mock surrender. “I’m not here to make life hard for Shannon. I’ve done enough of that already,” he said. “I have something for her and Rose. Something real important. All I want to do is make sure they get it. I heard she was going to be singing at the Grange today so I came into town, thinking if I talked to her in a public place she’d feel safe, but you dragged her away before I got there.”

Travis pulled an envelope out of the inner pocket of his jacket. “I’d appreciate it if you’d deliver this to Shannon.”

Billy eyed him suspiciously. “Why should I?”

“Because it contains a lot of money. Shannon walked out on everything she worked so hard for all these years. She didn’t want anything out of the divorce, told her lawyer she just wanted to expedite the process.

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