Delivering Destiny (River's End Ranch Book 23) by Amelia C. Adams & River's End Ranch

Author:Amelia C. Adams & River's End Ranch [Adams, Amelia C. & Ranch, River's End]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amelia C. Adams
Published: 2017-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Abby pulled in a deep breath as Wade and Wyatt Weston came around the corner of the trail. She was still a little shaky, and she felt like her brain had been put in a blender and cranked up to high and then poured into a hollowed-out pineapple with a little paper umbrella sticking out of the top. She had so many questions, she didn’t even know where to begin asking them, but all of that would have to wait. She had another job to do right now.

“You guys aren’t going to believe this!” she said, coming to her feet. “We were up here for a picnic, and look!” She walked over to the footprint and pointed down at the ground. “Why was some huge guy running around up here with no shoes on? Does he even have shoes? If he’s homeless and trying to live out here, he’s in real danger—it’s super cold at night.”

Wade squatted and took a closer look at the print. Wyatt pulled out his cell phone and snapped a few pictures. Reggie looked at Abby and gave her a huge smile—apparently, she’d done well.

“This is definitely a footprint, but I can’t say for sure what made it,” Wyatt said at last. “It’s too big and misshapen to be human, but it’s definitely not a bear or any other large animal that lives around here.”

“What if this patch of ground was muddy, and when the man stepped on it, he slid? That would create a larger footprint,” Wade suggested.

“True.” Wyatt continued to look around. “I think we need to comb this mountain. If we’ve got someone trying to live up here, like Abby suggested, we need to get them to shelter.”

Wade nodded, coming back to his feet. “I’ll put together a group of volunteers to start searching at first light. No need to involve the sheriff or search and rescue at this point—we don’t have much to go on.”

“We have a little food left from our picnic,” Reggie said. “What if we left it here, and I’ll leave my sweatshirt, too? Maybe that’ll make the night easier for him.”

“Great idea.”

Reggie put his sweatshirt on the ground next to the footprint, then dug through the basket and pulled out the leftovers. “I guess that’s all we can do until the sun comes up,” he said, sounding regretful.

“We’ll have everyone meet at my office at eight o’clock,” Wade said. “Don’t worry, Abby. We’ll find him and take care of him.”

“Thank you, Wade,” she said. “I really appreciate you for coming up here.”

He nodded and moved as though to step past her, but then he paused and looked into her eyes. “Are you all right? You look like you’ve been crying.”

Okay . . . that was awkward. “I’m fine,” she said. “I’m just allergic to different kinds of fur and hair, and I think there might be some new dander or something in the air.”

He gave her an odd look. “All right. If you’re sure.”

“I’m totally good to go.

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