Big Sky Bachelor (9781460320624) by Mcdaniel Lesley Ann

Author:Mcdaniel, Lesley Ann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Sales Corp
Published: 2013-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“This is almost as exciting as a livestock auction.” Leonard’s unmistakable husky baritone cut through the crowd noise.

Janessa and Andra had been so busy for the past hour that they’d barely had time to look up. Now as the guys from the Bar-G postured with their movie star sunglasses and their thumbs hooked in their belt loops à la Gary Cooper, Janessa admired how nicely they cleaned up.

Her pulse increasing a notch, she took a quick visual inventory. Next to Leonard stood Hank, Jimmy and Liam. She frowned. Micah must be lagging behind with Owen.

“What can we get for you fellas?” Andra, who was normally very self-assured, suddenly went a little pink-cheeked.

Janessa shrugged that off as Hank, looking remarkably like a young Clint Eastwood, made a big show of removing his shades.

“Got any buffalo bourguignonne?”

Janessa and Andra drew back at his surprisingly well-articulated query.

“Actually,” Janessa responded. “We decided not to go quite so upscale.”

“Okay.” He nodded. “I’ll just have a hot dog.”

As Andra took the rest of their order, Janessa waited for the next patrons in line to decide between the Caulfield Cooler, the Bijou Punch or the Montana Mocktail. Her gaze drifted past them to the mass of moviegoers scurrying around the exhibition area. As far as she could see, Micah wasn’t among them.

The bad feeling that had gnawed at her ever since he’d left that morning expanded into something she could no longer ignore. Something had triggered his mood shift, and she couldn’t help but wonder if it had something to do with his apparently going AWOL after his accident. There was definitely more to this guy than met the eye.

Taking a couple of the cake pops from the popcorn tub she’d carefully filled with tissue-paper-dotted floral foam earlier in the day, she scanned the crowd one more time.

“What are you looking for?” Andra asked slyly. “Or should I say who?”

She handed the cakes to a couple of her riding students, then responded to Andra. “Oh. Nothing.”

“Uh-huh. I’ll let you know if I spot ‘nothing’ in the crowd.”

She gave Andra a look. At least she could always count on having her around to understand how she felt.

“Can we save you ladies a couple of seats?” Even though Hank looked at them both, it was clear that the question was directed at Andra.

Janessa started to answer that they had planned to just watch from up there, but Andra cut her off.

“That would be great, Hank.”

Janessa frowned at the higher-than-normal pitch to her friend’s voice. Suddenly, it dawned on her why Andra had looked uncharacteristically nervous when the guys had shown up, and why Hank had spent the whole day carting cupcakes and popcorn tubs in his truck.

She sighed. So much for always having her best friend around.

As Hank tipped his hat and followed the rest of the guys to the stairs, Janessa jabbed Andra in the ribs. Andra gave her an innocent look, then grabbed the overly full trash can and tied up the bag with the speed and expertise of a champion tie-down roper.

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