Dancing With Danger: Book 8: Dancing Moon Ranch Series by Patricia Watters

Author:Patricia Watters [Watters, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Western, Westerns
Amazon: B00FPCKX0U
Published: 2014-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Genie and Annie stood together just outside the eight-stall pole barn and working arena that Ryan and Josh had recently finished building. Inside the arena, Ryan worked with Biscuit, one of their Kiger mares, while her young foal, Zebra Girl, trotted alongside them.

Looking askance at Annie, Genie said, "I need a reminder from a woman whose man gave up rodeos, as to why I shouldn't insist Josh do the same. He said he would if I asked, but he and I both know he'd have regrets later and resent me for it. Unlike Ryan, who has as great a love for working with horses as he did for riding bulls, Josh has no greater love than his addiction to bullfighting. He even admitted to the reporter that it was an addiction."

"Then things with you and Josh must have progressed some during the overnight," Annie said, while gently shaking the stroller with Cody sleeping in it.

"They have," Genie replied. "Josh and I are talking long term, as in marriage, though the word hasn't been spoken, only implied, and since I'm three years into having a thing for Josh, and he's calling me his girl, I'm finding myself trying to justify marrying a bullfighter. I don't know how it came to this. Two weeks ago I had my head on straight."

"You came to where you are because Josh is a sweetheart who loves kids and would be a devoted husband and father, and he's the product of parents whose lives revolved around their kids, so he'd bring to any marriage his solid family upbringing."

"Except for the fact that we have this little disconnect in that I'm a nurse, and if Josh stays with rodeos I could end up with him as my sole patient, who resides in a hospital bed in the living room of our house, with me raising the kids alone. Eighty-nine percent of all rodeo cowboys end up injured, and bullfighting is the most dangerous job in rodeo. I had a reminder of those statistics during Josh's interview. They're sobering statistics. Yet, Josh could be a successful artist, which reminds me, how come you never mentioned anything about his artistic ability, or that he plays the harmonica. Well, not just plays it, he's amazing on it."

Annie shrugged. "I wanted you to learn things on your own. That's one of the things we all love about Josh. He has amazing talents but he never uses them to draw attention to himself."

"Maybe he doesn't draw attention with his artistic talents, but he does when playing around with bulls after a rider's safe, and he does it to get the attention of stock contractors and bull riders so he'll get higher pay and be more in demand, yet he could create horseshoe sculptures and make more money that way than what he's doing with those bulls. It's insane."

"I agree," Annie said, "but if you want Josh, he comes with bulls. The thing is, he's exceptionally good when working with them, so he might be among the small percentage of rodeo cowboys who never get hurt.

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