Cupid Cures: Small Town Western Contemporary (Return to Cupid, Texas Book 5) by Sylvia McDaniel

Author:Sylvia McDaniel [McDaniel, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942608783
Publisher: Virtual Bookseller, LLC
Published: 2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Tempe squared off against the rancher. This morning she'd risen early and left without saying a word to Kyle. After last night's comments, she needed some distance. Anyone who thought working for the USDA was enjoyable and rewarding should be forced to see a specialist in mental health.

The paperwork was enough to send you to an asylum. Not to mention the gracious owners who screamed, yelled and cursed her when she gave them the bad news. People were suspicious of anyone who showed up from the government, right or wrong.

"You're crazy as a loon if you think I'm letting you put down my prized bull. He's the biggest money maker I've got."

"Has he recently been tested for Brucellosis?"

"He don't need testing. My bull has no venereal disease."

Silently she regarded the man. "Did your bull break down a fence between you and Cody Graham? Between you and Joe McBowen?"

The man sighed. "Yeah, so what if he did."

"Yesterday I euthanized a heifer over at Mr. Graham's and this afternoon I'll be speaking to Mr. McBowen about one of his cows."

"That don't mean they caught it from one of my cattle," he said.

"No it doesn't, but that mean looking cow is suspected of harboring a contagious disease. Now we can do this one of two ways. You can help me draw blood from him or I can call out my team and we can shut down your operation. Which is it going to be?"

Lifting his hat he ran his hand through his hair, all the while glaring at her like he contemplated murder. "And you'll put him down if you find Brucellosis?"

"There's no cure, it's highly infectious and sexually transmitted. I have no choice. This bull will be tagged - no one will want his sperm.

The man swore a string of words that made Tempe blush. Then he stopped and stared at her.

"You're a very smart woman to be doing this job. What if I gave you a ten thousand dollar shopping spree."

Her blood froze in her veins, not moving. To anyone else using that kind of cash for shopping would seem outlandish, but she remembered the trips to New York where money was no object. Tempe and her mother dropped thousands of dollars going from shop to shop. Spending cash like that in one day was easy and fun.

She'd known they were blessed, but had no idea what doing without wealth really meant. Never in her life had she worried about money. Now she lived like the rest of America, one paycheck at a time.

The offer was tempting just to relive old times, but unethical. Since her father's arrest, her sense of right and wrong was heightened. Yes, she was Scott Gaston's daughter, but that didn't mean she stole or took bribes.

Tempe Tangier would never cheat people or steal. After the Gaston empire crumbled, she made a vow to live above reproach by the law. She had to atone for the sins of her father.

Tilting her head, she looked at him sideways.

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