B.J. Daniels the Cardwell Ranch Collection by B. J. Daniels

Author:B. J. Daniels [Daniels, B. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Retail, Romance
ISBN: 9781459255654
Amazon: B00EM36GQ8
Barnesnoble: B00EM36GQ8
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Saturday morning after cleaning up her condo, Liza drove up the canyon. It was one of those amazing Montana fall days. The sky was robin’s-egg blue and not a cloud was in sight. The deciduous trees along the river glowed in bright blinding golds and deep reds next to the dark green of the pines.

At the heart of it all was the Gallatin River, running clear and beautiful, as it wound through the canyon and rocks. Harris Lancaster lived in a large modern home that looked as if it had been picked up in some big city and accidentally dropped here by the river.

His wife answered the door and pointed Liza toward a building a ways from the house. She followed a graveled path to the door and knocked.

Harris was a big burly brisk man with a loud deep voice and piercing gray eyes. Liza tried to imagine him in the very feminine furnishings of the house she’d glimpsed before his wife had closed the door.

His office looked like him, large and messy. The space was taken up by everything from dirty outdoor clothing and piles of papers and building plans to equipment parts and an old couch that Liza suspected he probably slept on more often than not. Given the pristine look of the house and Malcolm’s wife, Liza doubted he was allowed to set foot inside it.

He cleared off an old wooden chair, motioned her into it and took a seat behind his cluttered desk. “So what’s this about?” The office smelled of cigar smoke.

“I want to talk to you about Tanner Cole,” Liza said.

“Who?”

“He worked for Malcolm Iverson twenty years ago when he was in high school.”

He laughed. “Seriously? I can’t remember who works for me right now, why would I remember who worked for Malcolm?”

“Tanner committed suicide twenty years ago after Malcolm Iverson’s construction equipment was vandalized. It was just days before Malcolm shot you and went to prison.”

He shook his head. “I try not to think about any of that.”

“Tanner was in the same class as your daughter Ashley. He lived in a cabin near the construction site. Malcolm held Tanner responsible, but ultimately, he believed you were behind the vandalism that forced him into bankruptcy.”

He scoffed at that. “Malcolm didn’t know anything about running a business. He spent too much time in the bar. But I had nothing to do with vandalizing his equipment. He was just looking for someone to blame. Anyway, I heard the vandalism was kid stuff. You know, sugar in the gas tanks, broken and missing motor parts. Pure mischief. That’s what happens when you get a bunch of drunk kids together.”

“Or it was made to look like kids did it,” she noted, but Harris Lancaster didn’t seem to be listening.

“I do remember something about that Tanner boy now that you mention it. Ashley was real upset. We all were,” he added. “Tanner’s family has a ranch on the way to West Yellowstone. Too bad, but I don’t see what any of that has to do with me.

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