All But the Fall by Kim Turner

Author:Kim Turner [Turner, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary, western
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2018-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Days later and a bit warmer, Aaron hesitated and then hit the send button on his laptop. He’d done it. Sent Jenna’s screenplay to Thomas Campbell. He leaned back in the tiny kitchen chair folding his arms across his chest. He’d thought about telling her that he’d get it to Thomas, but he wanted it to be a surprise if Campbell took it like he thought he might.

He reached for the pile of bills before him finding a letter from Sun Realty. He hadn’t realized it was there but he’d been waiting on a written statement that spelled out the costs of the one hundred acres he’d been planning on for such a long time. He opened the envelope and unfolded the triple folded print out. The description and pictures of the land reminded him how much he wanted this to happen, but the price tag was steep to say the least.

The land was available for a little over two thousand dollars an acre. Jim Barnes at Sun Realty was a family friend and had prepared the statement for him. The total costs for the acreage was around two-hundred thousand dollars. Looking at the break-down of what he’d need for a down payment and what his monthly payments would be, seemed right for the first forty acres. Getting a loan for the full acreage wasn’t going to happen, at least right now, but he could start with pieces of the land for now.

Even if he was working steady enough for a piece of the land now, there was still the building of the boys’ home that wouldn’t come cheap. They would need more cattle and a few more horses, sleeping quarters which he envisioned like bunk houses. Barns, fencing and feed didn’t come cheap. Of course once he had kids coming in, there would be the potential for state funding options and grants, but his plan was never to deny a boy a home.

He shook his head. As an angry young man in the foster care system, he’d never have thought he would have grown into such a dream, but he wanted this and had for a long time. He shut down the computer and got up, grabbing his coat and tossing it over his shoulder. He needed to practice with Maxus again and then take the animal out for a little exercise and he needed to make a run by Jenna’s medical tent to see what she was up to.

He stepped outside the camper as Gabe ambled up with a mug of coffee in one hand and Maxus by the reins in the other.

“I thought you had construction work today? Didn’t hear you drive up,” he asked as he checked the saddle.

Gabe’s hair was ruffled from the ride with the window down. “Got the boys on it, thought since it had warmed up you might want a practice jump.”

Aaron glanced across the old west town and then into the sky. Funny how his brother could read his mind and Maxus was following commands well lately.

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