Broken Cowboy by Jamie Schulz

Author:Jamie Schulz
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Jamie Schulz
Published: 2021-06-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

A thick layer of snow covered the roads by the time Cade and Jorje had finished herding Addie’s cattle back onto her land and had crawled back into Cade’s truck. Thanks to Dan and Helga lending Cade a couple of their quarter horses and a trailer to move them with, rounding up the stragglers only took a few hours rather than all day.

Thankfully, Mark hadn’t hung around for more than a quick greeting and easy directions to where the animals had wandered before he left for work. Cade had growled a quick word of thanks before turning away to unload the horses from their trailer. His curt behavior might have been rude, but he couldn’t help it. No matter how reformed the man claimed to be or how friendly and personable he seemed when sober, Cade couldn’t like him. He didn’t trust Mark’s sudden reformation and he couldn’t forgive what Mark had done to Addie. Maybe the man was regretful, maybe he would stay sober now, but Cade wasn’t ready to believe it.

Jorje had proven himself a good horseman as they rounded up the wayward cattle.

“You’re really good at this,” Cade had shouted after they’d been at it for a while.

Jorje had grinned happily. “I love horses.”

“Where’d you learn to ride?” Cade had asked when they took a short break for coffee from his thermos.

“Mi abuelo, my grandfather, was a cowboy, un vaquero. Un muy buen vaquero. He worked for un rancho grande in Mexico most of his life and taught my father when he was small, but mi padre didn’t like the life. When I was old enough to ride, I went to work with my grandfather for many years.”

“Your grandfather sounds like a good man,” Cade said as he screwed the top onto his thermos and tucked it into his saddlebag. “He certainly taught you well.”

Jorje nodded and smiled. “Si, he did. I am much like him. I love the openness and the freedom.” He waved his arm to indicate the empty rolling hills surrounding them. “I want something like this one day.”

Cade grinned. “I’m sure you’ll get it. You’re a good man, Jorje, and a hard worker.”

Jorje hadn’t responded, only glanced at Cade with an unreadable expression. Maybe he’d thought Cade was only shining him on, but he’d meant what he said.

The snow had started while they were repairing the fence and started falling in earnest before they’d gotten back to the truck. They’d loaded the horses before crawling into Cade’s truck and turning the thermostat to high. Unfortunately, being an old truck, it took a little while before warm air pushed through the vents to give them some relief. They’d both been shivering on the drive to Dan and Helga’s to drop off the horses and trailer. Only the hint of warmth had touched them when they’d needed to exit to unload the horses and disconnect the trailer.

“You don’t have to come with me, Jorje,” Cade had said before exiting. “I can unload them. You stay and warm up.

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