Blame It on the Cowboy by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460396100
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

SHIT ON A STICK.

So much for the quick in and out that Logan wanted.

There was zip that Greg or anyone else could say to make him propose to Helene, and the only yes Logan wanted to hear was Reese answering his plea to get the heck out of here. Logan considered just turning around and walking out with Reese, but Greg apparently had something else to say.

“Don’t leave, Logan,” Greg called out, his voice very loud with the microphone. “This is a public apology to both Helene and you.” Greg looked at the people in the crowd who were hanging on every word. “You see, I’m the one who had an inappropriate relationship with Helene.”

That started some whispers through the crowd, and Logan heard a couple of X-rated comments about what had possibly gone on during clown sex. The red, bulbous nose came up.

Logan glanced around and spotted Helene. Like him, she was trying to inch her way to the side of the room and out of sight. That wasn’t going to happen, though, unless she headed out of the county. With the volleyed glances going on among Greg, Logan and her, the partygoers looked as if they were watching a three-way tennis match.

“It wasn’t Helene’s fault,” Greg went on. “I seduced her, and I caught her at a down moment. She’d just lost a sale on a sideboard. She really wanted that sideboard,” he added as if it would help. Ditto for the part about seducing her.

Maybe that’s why he’d worn the clown suit, so that maybe people would forget he wasn’t exactly the sort of man who could seduce a former beauty queen.

“Greg, please,” Helene said, shaking her head. There were tears in her eyes, and even though Logan didn’t want to, he felt a little sorry for her.

For a second or two, anyway.

Then he remembered where that red nose had been when Logan walked in on them.

“Anyway, Helene has paid and paid hard for what I did,” Greg went on. “Logan, too. And I’m truly sorry for all the trouble I caused both of you. You’re obviously meant to be together. Logan used to tell me that all the time, that Helene was the perfect woman for him.”

Because Logan still had his arm around Reese, he felt her muscles tighten, and he wished he could tell her that the last part wasn’t true. But he couldn’t. Because he had indeed said that not just to Greg but to everyone in his family.

“I’m leaving town,” Greg went on. “No, it’s necessary,” he added, though no one had objected. “Once I’m gone, Logan and Helene can find their way back to each other without me around to stir up bad memories.”

Greg sniffed as if crying. It was hard to tell because he had fake tear streaks on his cheeks, but his shoulders were slumped when he walked away, his floppy shoes squeaking as he exited the stage. He disappeared out the back door.

No one else moved or said anything.

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