End of the Trail by Vickie McDonough

Author:Vickie McDonough [McDONOUGH, VICKIE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8024-7892-4
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2012-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Brooks lifted his hat and wiped the sweat off his brow. He hoped his plan would work. It had to work. Unless God sent a deluge of rain for a week, the water-pumping windmill was his only option to get water for his herd and their needs.

Keri drove the wagon down the hill, and a trail of dust lifted into the air behind her. For the past three days, she had ridden out with an afternoon snack and some water or lemonade, but the biggest treat was seeing her again. He’d missed working around the house, but he was needed out here to help. Other than the team from the windmill company doing the installation, he was the only other man who’d worked on one before. One of the many different jobs he’d held over the past ten years.

He glanced up, proud of their progress. Jess and Daniel, one of the installers, were up at the top of the tower, attaching the fan blades. If the rest of the installation went as planned, they should be ready to test the windmill before supper.

Keri pulled the wagon to a stop, set the brake, and climbed down before he could get there to assist her. She’d forsaken the pretty boaters’ hat she wore that first day he’d seen her for a frayed, straw western hat. Pushing back the brim, she gazed up at the tower. “Wow, that thing is tall.”

Brooks was enamored with the paler skin under her chin that the sun hadn’t touched and couldn’t tear his gaze away. Would it feel as soft as it looked? He shook his head. Where were these crazy thoughts coming from? He needed to focus on something more within his reach. “What’d you bring us to eat?”

She sashayed to the back of the wagon. “I made something called a marble cake and brought some milk to drink with it.” She lowered the tailgate, and Brooks caught a whiff of something sweet.

“Sure smells good.”

Keri glanced at him and smiled. He captured her gaze with his and couldn’t break away. His heart thundered. He had the overwhelming urge to kiss her.

“Yoohoo! Miss Keri. Lookie up here!” Jess hollered from the top of the tower.

She blinked finally and glanced up, past him to where Jess stood near the top of the tower. Brooks turned and scowled at the man for interrupting a most pleasant moment and for horsing around on the tower. The installation team had warned them about such things.

“Miss Keri.” Jess leaned precariously over the side and waved his arm back and forth. “I ain’t never been up this high afore.”

Keri waved back then cupped her hands around her mouth. “Be careful.”

Instead of waving, Jess’s arms suddenly started pumping, and the next moment, he tumbled over the rail, plunging down. Keri shrieked. She spun around, burying her face in Brooks’s chest. He wrapped his arms around her, and then he started chuckling.

She glanced up, horror marring her pretty features. “You’re laughing?” She shoved him so hard and back stepped.

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