A Ranger for the Twins by Tanya Agler

Author:Tanya Agler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-07-15T15:46:34+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

ON MONDAY MORNING, Caleb emerged from his car and stretched his back. The gray drizzly day caused a twinge near his tailbone, but it didn’t rise to the same level of pain he’d experienced the morning after he’d arrived in Hollydale. He’d take that as progress. With some physical therapy, rest and luck, surgery might not be in his immediate future.

He reached into the rear of his SUV for his hat and plopped it on his head, whistling as he prepared to start his new job, even if he was limited to desk duty. Butterflies fluttered about his stomach but, compared to the buffalo stampede that had marked his first day on the job at Yellowstone, he could handle this.

“Caleb!” Marcie Williams, one of his mother’s best friends, adjusted the glasses framing her ebony face when he entered the building. “You’re a sight for sore eyes, and your mother called me to tell me her good news. All the Spindlers returning at once. I’m happy y’all are back.”

Last night his parents had called and said to expect them next Monday night. This afternoon Caleb would have to sway Lucie into letting him move in as soon as he could get a decent mattress delivered. Jonathan’s house was too small for six people. “Vanessa and Izzy are also looking forward to it.”

“I keep forgetting you and Jonathan are cousins. Tina will love spending time with her great-nieces.” Marcie’s computer started making noise and she squinted at the screen. “Owen’s expecting you. We’ll catch up later. Go on back.”

“Thanks.”

Caleb hurried to Owen’s office. While desk duty wasn’t his favorite, he wouldn’t mind any assignment that brought him back to serving visitors again.

The deputy director held up his hand and pointed to the phone at his ear. “Be with you in a sec.”

Just as Caleb took a seat in front of the desk, Owen finished his call and lowered the phone facedown on his desk. “Caleb.”

“My first day here at last.” Caleb smiled. “What’s my assignment?”

“A week off and then desk duty for the next five weeks until your next doctor’s assessment.”

He searched his boss’s face for any sign that was a joke. Seeing none, Caleb leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. “I must have heard you wrong. Every time I report to you, you keep giving me time off.”

Owen frowned. “I had no alternative. You failed your physical. After two days of desk duty, you’ll see Dr. Keane again so he can make sure that working won’t do you more harm in the long run. I can’t have you endangering yourself, let alone our visitors.”

“Should I be worried?” His herniated disk flared up. “Do I need to update my résumé?”

Caleb couldn’t go back to Yellowstone—his position had been filled the second his transfer had gone through. A premium spot like that had more than its share of takers. The Park Service had been his life since graduation, and Caleb had gloried in having nature all around him. What would he

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