Cowboy Honor--Includes a bonus novella by Carolyn Brown

Author:Carolyn Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Claire reached for Levi, but all she got was a hand full of blanket. Her eyes popped open to see him leading the calf out of the stall toward the door. She sat up and wiped the sleep from her eyes. Levi returned without the calf and eased down beside her. “Don’t know what happened with that calf, but her mama came to claim her. She’s in the corral right now, and Nomie is having breakfast.”

“Does that happen often?” Claire asked.

“Never seen it before. When they reject them, we have to raise them on the bottle,” he answered.

Zaylie sat up and yawned. “Where’s Nomie?”

“Her mama came back to get her.”

“Okay.” Zaylie raised her arms and stretched. “But can we still go see her sometimes?”

“Of course you can,” Levi assured her. “Nomie will be in the corral for several days or maybe longer. She and Little Bit will probably become good friends, and you can come and see both of them.”

Zaylie kicked back the blanket. “I’m hungry, Aunt Claire. I want biscuits and gravy this mornin’.”

“Oh, you do?” Claire raised an eyebrow.

“Please, Aunt Claire.” Zaylie sighed. “Can we have biscuits and gravy? I’ll help you make it.”

Levi nudged her shoulder. “I’d be willin’ to help too. But first I need a cup of good strong black coffee. How about you?”

“Yes.” Claire got to her feet. “You goin’ to drive us home?”

“For biscuits and gravy, I’ll drive you anywhere you want to go, darlin’,” he answered.

“Yay!” Zaylie was on her feet and running toward the barn doors. “And can we have banana muffins too?”

“Don’t push your luck, young lady,” Claire called after her.

“She’s an amazing kid.” Levi laid a hand on Claire’s shoulder. “You and your brother have done a good job with her. Someday I want to have a whole house full of sassy little girls just like her.”

“No sons?” Claire asked.

“Maybe half a dozen of each.” He grinned.

“You better get a wife who don’t mind bein’ pregnant for about fifteen or twenty years,” she said.

He opened the truck door for her. “Maybe we’ll get lucky and have two at a time.”

A cold shiver shot down her spine as she thought of someone as short as she was carrying twins. Lord, she’d look like she’d swallowed an elephant. She’d always been jealous of Grant for having a daughter and thought she’d like to have one of her own someday, but a dozen kids? She didn’t know if she was up for that.

“Why would you want such a big family?” she asked when he was behind the wheel.

“I was an only child. Justin and Cade are like brothers, but…” He paused. “We would have all been better off if we’d had a sister in the mix.”

“How’s that?” Claire pressed on.

“From guys who have sisters, I understand they can be a real pain in the butt, but in my opinion they teach a brother a lot,” Levi said.

“And what if all you ever get is sons?” she asked.

“Then I’ll be happy with them and beg Grant to let me borrow Zaylie once in a while to keep them in line.

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