Claiming the Cowboy by Liz Isaacson

Author:Liz Isaacson [Isaacson, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works
Published: 2018-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Robin scraped her bangs off her forehead and pinched her fingers around the hoof. “So then, we just file down here.” Exhaustion bled through her, but she kept her smile in place and made her voice as kind as possible when she explained to the mothers and daughters standing nearby what she was doing.

The Sugar and Spice Ranch always had her care for the horses and then demo for the summer campers. She liked it, but not after the late nights she’d had with Shane for the past several evenings.

Now that the weekend was here, they were getting off the ranch and heading south to Luckenbach for a big food truck festival. Robin liked to eat as much as the next person, and she couldn’t wait to see how much Shane could pack away. All in all, she just enjoyed spending time with him—which was why she found herself yawning again when she should be focused on this trim and shoe.

The horse she worked on, a palamino named Paisley, had a bit of Robin’s free spirit, and she tried to pull her leg away. Every muscle in Robin’s body bunched, and she worked to keep the sixteen-hundred-pound horse in place.

But every horse herd had a leader, and Paisley was clearly the pack leader in this herd. She nickered her displeasure about what Robin was doing, and she said, “Just one more, girl. Hold still.”

She explained what she was doing with the nails, and she hammered the last few pieces in place. “Then we just need to file it.” She placed Paisley’s almost-done hoof on the metal piece and grabbed the file.

The sooner she got this job done, the happier everyone would be—Paisley included. She finished, and the girls and their mothers clapped. Robin grinned at all of them and answered all their questions.

Patsy, the horse coordinator at Sugar and Spice, approached in her denim jeans and a pink and white checkered shirt. Robin grinned at her and wiped the sweat from her face.

“Great job,” Patsy said. “I think this is always the thing the moms love the most about their week here.”

“You always say that, but I’m not sure I believe you.” Robin untied her apron and folded the leather.

“No, really. They’re in awe that someone actually does what you do.”

Robin had heard it all before. Her job was unique, she supposed, but really it was just nail-clipping on a huge horse hoof. “So I’ll be back tomorrow to do the rest of the horses.”

Patsy smiled at her and handed her an envelope. “Yep. It’s good to see you again, Robin. What are you up to these days?”

Robin had so much more to say than ever before. Instead of spilling all her personal secrets, she said, “Oh, you know. Same old things.”

“I heard you sold your house in Temple.”

Robin nodded, glad that was what she’d heard and not something about a certain cowboy. “Yeah. It wasn’t a good fit anymore. I travel so much, so.” She shrugged like anyone would’ve given up their comfortable home in a good neighborhood to live in a house on wheels.

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