Cowboy Strong - Includes a bonus novella by Carolyn Brown

Author:Carolyn Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2020-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Matt was sitting in the dining room when she got home at noon. His nose was in the morning paper and his coffee cup was empty. He looked up over the top of the paper and smiled at her. “The sale was a bust. The bull we were interested in sold before the sale even started, and nothing else looked good, so we came home. But…” His eyes twinkled. “You up for a little overnight road trip? Delbert, the foreman down at the Broken Arrow Ranch near Odessa, has a bull that I’d love to buy. The two of us got to talkin’ and he said that he wouldn’t sell it to just anyone, and he damn sure wouldn’t bring it to any sale. Says it’s as much a pet as it is a breeder, and he wants it to have a good home. I thought we might have a father-daughter trip. I can drive myself if you and Pax have plans. Since I got off that medicine, I’m pretty clear-headed.”

A vision of her father sitting on the tailgate of his truck earlier in the week flashed through her mind. What if he got turned around on the four-hour trip and wound up halfway across New Mexico? Besides, it would take up one whole day of the weekend. That was one day that Pax wouldn’t be able to see the worry in her face and ask questions.

“I’d love to have you all to myself for a little while,” she told him. “When are we leaving?”

“My bag is packed,” Matt said. “I figured we’d stop in Lubbock at that café we both like so well. I think I could eat one of those big old chicken-fried steaks. Then we’d drive on down to Odessa. I booked two rooms down there for the night. Delbert said we could see the bull about ten in the morning, so I figured, if we buy him, we can be home by suppertime or a little after.”

“Give me ten minutes.” Alana headed out of the room. She stopped halfway up the stairs and yelled. “Is Lucas hooking up the cattle trailer?”

“He’ll have it around to the front of the house by the time you get packed. You want to invite Pax to go with us?” Matt raised his voice.

“No, let’s have some time with just the two of us,” she hollered as she went the rest of the way to the second floor. She threw a nightshirt, some underwear, a pair of jeans, and a shirt in a bag. She always kept a travel makeup and toiletry kit ready to go, so all she had to do was toss it in the bag and she was ready.

She toted the bag to the bottom of the stairs, picked up her purse, and followed her dad out the door. Lucas was standing by the fender of the truck, the ever-present cigarette in his hands. When they started across the lawn, he put it out on the heel of his boot and shoved the unsmoked remnant back in the pack.

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