Courting Carrie: a Cowboy Fairytales spin-off (Triple H Brides Book 2) by Lacy Williams

Author:Lacy Williams [Williams, Lacy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Lacy Williams Books LLC
Published: 2017-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Carrie's fever did come down.

A call to her family physician had provided some answers. The Xanax explained the drowsiness and slurred speech. Her doctor had told him to watch for shallow breathing, but that didn't seem to be an issue for Carrie. He'd watch her carefully until that stuff was out of her system.

She rested on the living room couch, curled beneath a well-loved quilt, while he made grilled cheese sandwiches and chicken noodle soup for Scarlett's supper. He had very early memories of his grandpa making the same meal. Being in Carrie's home again reminded him that this was what he'd wanted all along.

Another two weeks, and he'd be gone. He'd been offered a job on a big spread near Grapevine and would head out just after the new year.

After he'd called the doctor, he'd called Matt, sure she'd want her brother here instead of him. Except he hadn't counted on the roads already being iced over. Or that Matt was out in the fields hunting down a couple of missing cows. By the time Matt got back, it would be dangerous to drive in from the Triple H, dangerous and unnecessary, when Trey was already here.

Next, he called the motel, and the kind manager assured him she'd check in on the kittens before she went home for the night.

He poured a bowl of soup and fixed a half sandwich for Carrie, then set them both on a tray. He left Scarlett at the kitchen table.

In the living room, he froze when he saw her. She must have been feeling slightly better, because she glared at him. "You're not supposed to be here."

"You're welcome," he said, ignoring her words and setting the tray on the coffee table in front of her.

"I'm mad at you."

Maybe it was the fever talking. He didn't know what it was, but he couldn't help smiling at her petulant statement.

"Joe Bob came in to my shop today."

Uh oh. He froze halfway back to the kitchen. And maybe he should've kept on going, because his stopping could have been seen as an admission of guilt.

"He said you'd sent him and some other guys to come in and get their hair cut."

And judging by the glare that was singeing the hair on the back of his head, Joe Bob had spilled all of it.

"And to ask me out."

He glanced into the kitchen, where Scarlett sat poring over a chapter book that was probably above her pay grade. He turned back to the steaming woman on the couch.

She was mad, but he was afraid she'd see through him, to the feelings he couldn't seem to get rid of.

"Can we talk about this later?" he asked, with a nudge of his chin toward the child.

Carrie's eyebrows came together. A moment passed before she said, "Fine. But I'm not letting you off the hook."

Her threat might've carried more weight if her eyes hadn't been drooping closed in exhaustion. He figured the thing she needed most right now was sleep.

He joined Scarlett in the kitchen, sitting down in one of the chairs, and stretched his legs out.

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