Cowboy Hank (Cooper's Hawke Landing Book 3) by Rhonda Lee Carver

Author:Rhonda Lee Carver [Carver, Rhonda Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

The hairs on her nape lifted.

She waited. Holding her breath.

Then another thumping sound.

Someone was outside.

*****

Hank switched his headlights to bright as he made the winding, narrow road that took him off the mountain and toward Pelican. He’d dropped Helena and Freya off and wished he could have stayed but he understood the dynamics of spending the night with a single mother were different.

Thankfully, he’d managed to get a few hours of shut eye and felt better, refreshed. Also knowing that Brax would be starting to help wait tables took a load off Hank’s shoulders. He hadn’t been out to help his brothers on the farm in a while, although he knew they each took up the slack when a brother was busy. Still, they had a lot on their plates too. His ma had called everyday asking when she’d meet Helena. He’d not promised a specific day, but he didn’t mind the thought of taking her out to visit. In fact, he’d offered a couple of times.

Clicking on the radio, he turned up the volume to a popular song about broken hearts and happy futures…leaving the past behind. The lyrics reminded him of possibilities.

Helena had mentioned that she was thinking of staying in Cooper’s Hawk and his spine had tingled. Damn, that would open the door to opportunities. He liked her, a lot, and Freya too. The kiss they’d shared certainly did entice him to want to peel away the layers and get to the core of things.

He’d never been much of a romantic, but he also understood a woman liked to be pampered sometimes. Maybe he could pick up some flowers and chocolates to show Helena that he cared.

His cell buzzed from the console and he turned down the music to check who was calling. The number came up “unknown”. He dropped the phone back into the holder, but then thought, salespeople didn’t call at two A.M...

“Hello?”

“Hank? It’s Helena. I know you just left, and I hate to call but…”

The seriousness in her tone made his stomach drop into his boots. “Helena? Are you okay? Is Freya ok?” His heart thudded.

“I heard a noise. Outside of the cabin. I-I don’t know what to do.”

He’d already slammed his foot into the brake and did a U-turn in the middle of the narrow road. Jamming the gas pedal, the tires squealed on the pavement and the back fishtailed as he retraced the road back onto the mountain. “I’ll be there in ten minutes.” But she didn’t hear him because the call had dropped. “Damn.” He shoved the phone in his pocket.

He knew the stretch of road like the back of his hand so he managed to reach the cabin in record time, the entire time his heart thumping so fast and hard he felt a bit dizzy.

By the time he pulled up and raced to the front door, Helena had the door open, greeting him.

Her eyes were red like she’d been crying, her bottom lip trembled and a butcher knife was held in her shaky hand, pointed right at the center of his chest.

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