Finding Hope (A Chance and a Hope Book 2) by SJ McCoy

Author:SJ McCoy [McCoy, SJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xenion, Inc
Published: 2017-06-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Chance smiled to himself as he turned into the driveway at Dr. Johnny’s place. He’d been here often enough in the past, but that was always to help with the cattle. This was different. Tonight, he was here to see Hope, and he couldn’t wait. He slowed the truck as he approached the big house. Dr. Johnny and his wife were sitting out on the porch. He put his window down and brought the truck to a stop. As much as he couldn’t wait to get to Hope, he felt he needed to say hi to them. He also wanted to get a feel for their reaction to him. Johnny had been brusque with him on the phone last time they’d talked. He didn’t know Mrs. Davenport, other than to wave to. He hoped she didn’t disapprove of Hope seeing a ranch hand. There was only one way to find out.

“Evening,” he called.

“Hey, Chance.” Johnny grinned at him. “She’s down at Oscar’s place. You know which one it is, don’t you?”

“I do, thanks.” He smiled at Mrs. Davenport. “Nice to see you, ma’am.”

He was relieved when she smiled back and gave him a little wave. “Not as nice as it is to see you. Go on, she’s waiting for you, and if you linger around here, I’ll only invite you both up for a drink so I can get to know you.”

Chance smiled. “I’ll go bring her up if you’d like?”

Mrs. Davenport shook her head with a laugh. “That’s very sweet of you, but I don’t think Hope would be too pleased with me. Perhaps another time? You two enjoy your evening.”

“I’d get out of here while you can if I were you,” said Johnny with a grin.

Chance tipped his hat to them and carried on down the lane. He’d wanted to see how they reacted to him. He couldn’t have hoped for better than that.

Hope was standing on the front steps waiting for him when he pulled up. Oscar’s place was pretty grand, especially considering he only used it a couple of weeks a year. Hope looked perfectly at home standing there in front of the huge oak door.

She came down the steps to greet him when he got out of the truck. “Hey. Did you have a nice day at the office, dear?”

He laughed. “It was an okay day. The cows and the horses mostly behaved themselves; the hands were a bit rowdy, but nothing I couldn’t handle. The roughest part of the day was that it took so long.”

She smiled. “Mine dragged. I missed you.”

He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and drew her to him. “I missed you, too, honey.”

She looked up to meet his gaze. For a moment her eyes were full of questions, then they were gone. She nodded as if to dismiss them. “Well, you’re here now, and that’s all that really matters. Come on in. I hope you’re hungry; I made us a big salad and a lasagna.”

He raised his eyebrows. “You cook?”

She laughed.

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