Dangerous Heart by Tracey Bateman

Author:Tracey Bateman
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins

Nine

Grant couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The fact that Blake had even considered such a cockeyed suggestion let alone gave his approval was downright idiotic. The whole notion made Grant wonder if the wagon master was ailing himself.

“That’s ridiculous!” he heard himself utter. “Ginger has no business going into that group of cutthroats and debasing herself.”

“She grew up with those men,” Miss Sadie said with quiet amusement written all over her face. “Besides, I’ll be there, too.”

Grant snatched onto this forgotten slice of information. “That’s another thing,” he said, stepping closer to Blake, “What are we going to do without Miss Sadie? I need her help nursing these people.”

Blake leveled a gaze at him. “Didn’t I see Buddy Freeman helping you?”

“That boy is so weak he could barely carry a ladle of water, let alone a bucket. He isn’t much help.”

“So you carry the bucket,” Miss Sadie said with her “my mind’s made up” tone of voice. “Let him carry the quinine. There’s not much else you can do for the sick, anyway. You’ll be fine with the boy’s help. I’m needed elsewhere.” She peered closer and her gray eyebrows rose. “Unless you’d like to go help Ginger?”

Grant was just about to take her up on the offer when Blake cleared his throat. “Hold on now. We can’t be sending our only doctor off on a mission to help another camp when we got our own sick.”

Grant sent him a scowl. “You’re right, I guess. But I’m telling you, this isn’t a good idea. If Ginger has been trying to run away from these fellows, why are we just letting her go back in?”

Miss Sadie put her hands on her hips. “First of all, did Ginger ever say she was trying to run away from them?”

Grant stared down at the ground, racking his brain. “Well, no, but then she never admitted she was even part of that group, either.” Grant fingered the hat he held in his hands. “At least not until I point-blank told her we’d figured it out.”

“Well, obviously she feels she needs to go. Personally,” Blake said, “I find that reassuring. I was beginning to wonder if the girl had any scruples about her at all.”

Grant’s ire rose, and he shot a glance to the wagon master. “That girl has more loyalty to friends and sense of integrity than just about anyone I know.”

Blake’s lips twitched. “How do you figure?”

But before Grant could mention her dedication to her friends and brother and how she always brought extra food in for families with a passel of youngsters to feed or older folks, Blake continued, “Because I’m talking about the girl that won’t take orders, lied about her brother and the outlaws, and then lied again about her pa.”

Well, shoot. He had a point there.

Miss Sadie stepped in. “This ain’t getting us anywhere. The fact is, Blake’s already given his permission. Ginger and I will go to the outlaw’s camp and do our best to keep them alive.”

“Long enough to hang,” Grant muttered.

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