Dark Side of the River by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-05-16T12:51:53+00:00

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TILLY PARKED BEHIND the abandoned gas station outside of town and got out of her pickup. The summer sun had disappeared behind the rugged hills to the west, but it wouldn’t get dark until after nine tonight. No one from the highway could see her vehicle, though, but anyone traveling the road to the barn could. She wondered why Cooper had wanted them to meet here. It wasn’t because he was looking for an intimate place for them to meet. No, he was worried. About the talk in town? About their families? Or about the people responsible for Oakley’s shooting seeing the two of them meeting?

No, she thought, he was worried about his friend.

Well, he didn’t need to worry anymore. She and Stuart wouldn’t be dating again. Stuart had taken it better than she’d expected. She was glad she’d cleared things up with him. Not that it would make a difference with Cooper—if that was what she’d been thinking.

Tilly felt a chill even though the approaching night was warm. Were Cooper and she headed for trouble if they kept digging into her sister’s shooting? Even though Oakley was going to be all right, was she really safe?

The smell of dust hung in the air. She noticed in the fading light that some of the cottonwoods farthest from the river were starting to turn. This drought was all anyone was talking about. Other than the methane well drilling. They needed a good old-fashioned winter with lots of snow. Would Cooper leave again?

She had no idea why he’d come home to begin with and wondered if he did. She hadn’t expected to hear from him after last night. Now she hugged herself and checked the time. He wouldn’t stand her up. Not Cooper. There was something so Old West gentlemanly about him that it made her smile.

Still, she felt relief when she heard a vehicle coming down the highway, slowing and then turning. She stayed where she was in case it wasn’t him. As she heard his pickup turn in and park, she stepped out into the twilight.

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