Daddy Wolf's Best Friend: (Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates) by Serena Meadows

Author:Serena Meadows [Meadows, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

Piper led Buttercup into her stall, pulled the halter over her head, backed out before securing the gate, and stood watching the mare sniff her breakfast. When she turned and let out a disappointed snort, Piper laughed, “You know I’ve got a treat for you, don’t you,” she said, slipping the carrot out of her pocket. “You’re too smart for me.”

Buttercup nuzzled her for a second before taking the carrot and beginning to much happily on it, “That’s a beautiful horse,” a voice she hadn’t heard in six years said from behind her. “I bet she’s a great little cow pony.”

She didn’t turn around right away, instead, she took several deep breaths before facing her mother, “She was a gift from Sawyer,” she said, a bit surprised to see how much her mother had aged. “He gave her to me earlier this spring after I saw her at an auction and fell in love with her.”

“That’s a very generous gift,” her mother said, taking a few steps toward her. “You’re lucky to have a boss who values you that much.”

“He’s a bit more than just my boss,” she said, then remembered who she was talking to and shook her head. “What are you doing here?”

“It’s been six years, Piper, I wanted to see you,” her mother said, a look of sadness in her eyes. “You’re a grown woman now, and I missed it.”

“That was your choice,” she said. “I let you know where I was when I started working here, and I haven’t gone anywhere since then. You could have seen me any time you wanted.”

Her mother looked away, “Oh……well, your father……he wouldn’t have liked it,” she said, then brightened up. “But he wants to see you now. He wants you to come to dinner tomorrow night.”

Piper studied her mother for a few seconds. “Is that supposed to be good news?” she asked, wondering how she could be so different from her mother. “Does he really expect me to come running to him when he calls just like nothing ever happened? Never mind, don’t answer that, I know he does. Nothing ever changes with him. You can tell him that I politely declined his invitation. I’m doing just fine here on my own, and it’s going to stay that way.”

She turned away from her mother and started toward the door, more shaken than she wanted to admit, but determined not to let the pain in her mother’s eyes change her mind. “He’s sick,” her mother said. “He’s dying and he wants to make things right before he does. He’s changed, Piper, he’s not the same man he was six years ago.”

Her mother’s words froze her for a second, then with a sigh, she turned around, “What do you mean he’s dying?” she asked. “What’s wrong with him?”

“He’s got cancer,” her mother said, walking over to her. “We’ve known for about six months. At first, he was sure that he could beat it, but none of the treatments have worked. The doctors gave him a year at the most.

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