For All Their Days by M. L. Buchman

Author:M. L. Buchman [Buchman, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Buchman Bookworks, Inc.

9

As usual, she, Jana, and Ty drove the three pickup trucks, each towing a pair of MD 520N helicopters on long trailers. In her truck, Maggie had Stacy in the front and Jasper in the back. Curt and Palo rode with Jana and the knuckleheads ended up in Ty’s truck.

It always ended up that way and for the first time, she was beginning to understand why. Even if she didn’t like it.

She’d tried to maneuver Palo into riding with her and Stacy. Not so that they could talk, exactly. But maybe they’d be able to anyway if he sat up front and Stacy pretended to be asleep in the back.

But that would mean Jasper would have to ride with Jana. He made it clear that wasn’t going to happen, by chucking his go-bag in the back seat of her own truck.

Instead it was her and Stacy, with Jasper catching some shut-eye.

“It was one kiss,” she’d whispered to Stacy after they were finally away from Cave Junction. They’d all grabbed breakfast at the River Valley Restaurant. They’d pulled a couple tables together which the waitresses soon buried in tall stacks, waffles, and biscuit-and-gravy combos. Palo had somehow ended up at the opposite end of the long table.

“Uh-uh. Not pulling the wool over this gal’s eyes. I know what a normal kiss looks like,” Stacy sounded entirely too pleased with herself.

Maggie had to remember that she wasn’t the dreamy airhead she’d been appearing to be lately. She was a top pilot with an amazing track record against fire. Other than Jana, she was probably the brains of this outfit.

“Is that what happened to him?” Jasper wasn’t snoozing off his breakfast the way he’d appeared to be. “He never came back to the bunkhouse last night. Kissed you, huh? Explains what he was talking about.”

“What he was talking about?” Maggie wasn’t sure she wanted to know.

“Tell us! Tell us!” Stacy twisted around enough to look back, meaning there was no escape now.

“Was asking about how Curt got you, Stacy.”

“What did he say?” Stacy went off into her dreamy world voice.

“You think he knows? He told Palo to ask you.”

And Stacy sighed happily. “That’s my Curt. Just like Jana warned me. The best of men, just not a real deep thinker.”

“So how did he get you?” Jasper’s tone changed and Maggie wished she could turn to see his expression. His ever-present cowboy hat made him impossible to read in the rearview mirror.

“Blind luck,” Stacy sighed.

Jasper harrumphed. “Exactly what he said.”

“It’s true. He’s just this great guy. I haven’t had a lot of experience with those but he completely sold me on them. Who’s on your horizon, Jasper?” She turned to Maggie when he didn’t answer. “We need to find Jasper a girl.”

“Not gonna happen,” and she could see him pull his cowboy hat down even further, indicating he was done with this conversation. Maggie was sure that she knew the answer he was avoiding.

“Looks like you already found your man,” Stacy bubbled happily, missing all of the dynamics.

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