Awakened by the Cowboy: Iron H Ranch 2 by Lena Cove

Author:Lena Cove [Cove, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2024-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

9

Boone

It’s all a fucking blur and so vivid at the same time. I hear her scream every time I close my eyes.

It’s been two days since Cowboy Day, as Georgia called it. Fucking disaster is what it was. Two days since Georgia was trampled by Daisy, the sweetest horse, and two days since I’ve seen Georgia’s beautiful blue eyes.

The doctors kept her in an induced coma for the first twenty-four hours to make sure that the swelling in her brain didn’t get too bad or something. I tried to absorb it all, but I couldn’t. The wailing from her mom made me throw up. I put her in that danger. It’s my fault.

I thought I was bad for her when we were eighteen, she thought I was bad for her now and we’ve both been proven right. If Elly had just let her buy her way out of the auction, she would be okay.

“Stop beating yourself up. This isn’t your fault.” Georgia’s dad had sat next to me and I hadn’t even noticed.

“I’m sorry, sir. Does your family need this chair?” I start to get up, but he puts his hand on my arm and forces me back into my seat.

“The boys took their mom home to shower and take a nap. Plus, I have the feeling that Georgia would want you here.”

I shake my head. “She wouldn’t. She was trying to get away from me and I wouldn’t let her. If I had just left her alone, she wouldn’t be here.”

“Bullshit. If my daughter didn’t want to be anywhere near you, she wouldn’t have been. Did you see her brothers? Those three big lugs would have taken you somewhere and beat the shit out of you until you left her alone. All she would have had to do would ask and they would do whatever she wanted. She’s a handful, but it’s worth it. Her mothers the same way.”

“I’m the reason that she was there. I’m the reason this happened.”

“Have you gotten hurt by a horse before?”

I nod.

“Me too, hurts like hell. So has Georgia, twice. It hasn’t kept her from loving those animals and I have a feeling this won’t stop her either. This is the risk of being around these animals and everyone who loves and takes care of horses knows it.” He pulls out his paper. “Oh, the horse that hurt Georgia was Sugar both times and you know how much she spoils that horse. It’s like her baby.”

“She’s gonna be okay, right?” I ask, my voice frail and childlike. I need this man who speaks with such authority to tell me she’s going to be okay.

“Nothing is guaranteed in life, but I don’t think my Georgia is done living yet.”

We sit next to each other, not speaking again, for several hours. Then there is a commotion from Georgia’s room and several doctors go running past us. I’ve never been one to pray, but I say a few words asking for to live.

Fifteen minutes, that feel like the longest fifteen minutes of my life, pass before anyone comes out to talk to us.

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