Cowboy at Arms by Carla Cassidy

Author:Carla Cassidy
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Chick-Lit, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Western, Cowboys, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780373279784
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

“It’s nice to finally have that blue tent gone,” Cassie said late that evening after the art and ice cream party had come to an end and Dusty had left to return to the bunkhouse. Cooper was in bed and the two women lingered in the kitchen over glasses of iced tea.

“I can’t imagine how horrified you must have been when those skeletons were first found,” Trisha said and fought off a shiver that threatened to walk up her spine. It seemed as though her thoughts kept going to all things bad...skeletons, stalkers and things that went bump in the night.

“It was definitely more than a little sobering.” Cassie paused to take a drink. When she placed her glass back on the table, a frown furrowed her brow. “It was crazy to find out that I’d been left this ranch by an aunt I hardly knew, but definitely horrifying to realize I’d also inherited a decade-old murder mystery, as well.”

She cast her gaze out the window, where the darkness of night was profound, and when she turned back to look at Trisha she gave her a wry smile. “You have a crazy ex-boyfriend in your past and lately I’ve been wondering if maybe my aunt Cass might have had a little bad crazy in her.”

Trisha looked at her in surprise. “Dusty thinks Cass hung the moon.”

“Yeah, so do all of the other cowboys here, but they’ll also tell you she was tough as nails. Rumor has it that she could flick a cigarette out of somebody’s mouth with her bullwhip and she took no guff from anyone.”

“Do you think she might have had something to do with the murders?” Trisha asked.

Cassie swept a hand through her blond hair and released a sigh. “To be honest, I don’t know what to think. I found a bunch of her diaries in an old shed and I’ve been slowly working my way through them to learn more about her and her life. Unfortunately, by the time I go to bed to do a little reading, I end up falling asleep. These ranch hours are definitely different than the ones I kept when I was in New York.”

“I heard you had a shop there. That must be exciting.”

Cassie laughed. “I suppose it’s exciting if you like stress. The truth is I’ve spoken with the landlord, who is a friend of mine, and at the end of the month he’s going to pack up the contents of the store and put them in storage for me.”

“Does that mean you’ve decided that you’re going to stay here in Bitterroot?”

Cassie frowned once again. “To be honest, I don’t know what the future holds for me. I haven’t made up my mind yet whether I want to stay here or go back to New York. My heart is really still in the city and with my art, but there are things that need to be taken care of around the ranch before I’d put it on the market.

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