A Ranger for the Holidays (Lone Star Cowboy League) by Allie Pleiter

Author:Allie Pleiter [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Love Inspired
Published: 2015-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

After lunch, Amelia watched from the doorway as Finn and Gramps worked on assembling a toy tractor the model shop had sent over. Finn had still avoided talking about yesterday, but the hilarity with Bug had at least taken the sharp edges off his mood.

Gramps was another story—he seemed sour, bored and in more pain than usual today. She’d given him the model to occupy his time—he knew he couldn’t help nearly as much with the Christmas gifts this year and it made him sad. Age can be a cruel lesson in humility, she thought. Thank You, Lord, that Gramps is still sharp and still with me.

She was also thankful how the two men were becoming fast friends. Still, what would happen to that friendship when Finn returned to his former life? Finn had managed to slide into a place in her life—and Gramps’s—that had been empty for a long time. Ah, but B may be mourning the empty space where Finn should be, she reminded herself as the tug in her heart toward this man started up again. Where are you, B? Why haven’t you come looking for this amazing man?

“That wheel goes there, doesn’t it?” Finn had a way of helping Gramps without making Gramps feel helpless. She was grateful for that—too often people talked down to Gramps even though he still was smart as a whip.

“It does. That’ll do it.” Gramps chuckled. “We got it together, didn’t we? I used to do models like these all the time when I was a boy.” He narrowed his eyes at Finn. “You got the knack for it—I reckon you did, too.” As he slid the newly assembled tractor into its box, he gave Finn a long stare. “Have you told her?”

Amelia eased back from the doorway. Tell me what?

Finn ran his hand down his face the way he did when he was troubled. “Not yet. I’m planning to today.”

“You go gentle, like I said. She’s had too much pain in that department, and I don’t know how she’ll take it. Rafe gave her good reason to think all Rangers make bad company.”

“They’re—we’re—not all bad. I mean, I can’t tell you for sure, but I don’t think I’m the kind of person who would fall in with someone like Rafe. But it can cost a man a whole lot to be a Ranger, I know that.”

Amelia leaned back against the hallway wall. He’s a Ranger. She brought her own hands up to her forehead, at a loss for how to process the fact. Finn knows he’s a Ranger. And he hasn’t told me. That couldn’t be all he knew now, not with whatever had made him so upset at the park yesterday. She hated the thought of Finn keeping things from her, but did she have any right to ask such disclosure from him? They had no real history together.

He has no history at all, she argued with herself. How can I judge anyone for how they act under that kind of strain?

“She’s amazing, your granddaughter.

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