Chase (American Extreme Bull Riders Tour Book 2) by Barbara Dunlop

Author:Barbara Dunlop [Dunlop, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2017-05-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

For several days now, Maddy had been climbing the walls. She missed Chase, and she hated that she missed Chase. Riley remained convinced Chase was coming back soon, and every day he begged to go to the next AEBR event in Missoula to watch the riders.

Maddy had told him Chase wouldn’t be at the event, but Riley wasn’t deterred. It was clear bull riding made him feel closer to his father. She didn’t know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. She wanted him to remember his real father. She didn’t want him to keep mixing the two men up.

Then Piper offered to go with her to Missoula. It was the weekend of the teenage campout, and the trip would keep the sullen Tristan out of town while his friend partied. Maddy was desperate enough to agree. And Tristan had a learners’ permit, so offering to let him do part of the driving was just enough of a carrot to overshadow the campout.

Maddy had double-checked the roster to confirm Chase wasn’t riding. He’d said he planned to spend some time in Wyoming before rejoining the tour, so she decided it was safe to go watch Zane.

Early Thursday morning, they’d piled in Piper’s minivan for the nine-hour drive. On the way, they’d stopped in Billings for dinner. By the time they hit Bozeman, Tristan was worn out from driving. And by the time they hit Butte, both Riley and Tristan were sound asleep in the back seats.

“Quietest I’ve seen him in months,” Piper said from behind the wheel. “Well, except for Saturday and Sunday mornings. I swear a bomb could go off and he wouldn’t wake up.”

“I remember sleeping like that as a teenager,” Maddy said. “Well, up until I got pregnant. Morning sickness is no fun.”

“Is that why you and Chase got married?” Piper asked. “Tell me if it’s none of my business.”

“That’s okay,” Maddy said, focusing on the line of headlights passing the other way. “It wasn’t a real secret. My brothers never said anything at the time, but a baby that comes two months early doesn’t weigh eight pounds.”

“I guess not.”

“Funny, though. We never ever did talk about it. I hadn’t realized that until Chase pointed it out.”

“After Riley was born?”

“Last week.”

“What?”

Maddy became momentarily flustered. How could it be that her default Chase was now Chase Garrett?

“Maddy?”

“It was Chase Garrett who said something.”

“The Chase who just stayed with you?”

“I told him we hadn’t told my brothers that I was pregnant before the wedding. And he said they weren’t stupid. They knew. And he’s right. They had to have figured it out.”

Piper gave her an odd look. “You and Chase Garrett discussed your marriage? You getting pregnant with Riley?”

“We did. Does that seem weird?”

“It seems interesting.”

Maddy had said a lot of things to Chase Garrett, things she never would have imagined saying to a stranger, never mind a bull rider. But Chase hadn’t stayed a stranger for long. They’d been thrown together under the most personal of circumstances.

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