Big sky standoff by B. J. Daniels

Author:B. J. Daniels [B. J. Daniels]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Roman
ISBN: 9780373692361
Published: 2007-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

DILLON LET OUT a low whistle as he joined her outside. “You all right?”

She’d stopped at the street, as if she’d forgotten where she’d parked the truck. When he touched her shoulder, he could feel her shaking.

“I’m fine.” She took a step forward to break the contact, but made no move toward the pickup.

“That was great back there. You got the respect of every man in that room.”

A small sound like a chuckle came out of her. “That just cost me my job.”

“No way. The bastard tried to make you look bad, and only succeeded in ticking off everyone in the center. He won’t come at you like that again. And once you catch the rustlers…”

She spun on him, her face contorting in anger. “You know damn well I’m not going to catch the rustlers. It’s the only reason you agreed to pretend to help me.”

“You’re wrong.”

“Damn it, Dillon, I know you’re the one who’s leading them. It’s how they keep one step ahead of me. Just like you used to.”

He shook his head. “You’re wrong about that, too.”

The anger was gone as quickly as it had appeared. “It doesn’t matter now, anyway.”

“The hell you say. Come on, Jack. We can do this. I’ll help you. Really help you. After all, it’s the only way I can prove to you how wrong you are about me.”

She seemed to study him in the lamplight. Behind him, the community center was in an uproar. “How can I trust you?”

He smiled. “You can buy me a steak. Come on,” he said again, as some of the ranchers began to leave the meeting. “There’s a steak house just a short walk from here. I don’t know about you, but I could use some fresh air.” He took her arm before she could object, and they started down the street. It was a good walk, but he figured they both could use it.

Also, he didn’t want a run-in with the ranchers. Not for himself, but for Jacklyn. She’d been through enough tonight. He saw her look over at him as if trying to make up her mind about him.

Funny, but at that moment he wanted to be the man his father always told him he could be. The last thing Dillon wanted to do was disappoint Jacklyn Wilde.

Unfortunately, there was little chance of him doing anything but disappointing her.

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