Her Cowboy Daddy by Dinah McLeod

Author:Dinah McLeod [McLeod, Dinah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“She’s not here?” Colton echoed, his brow wrinkling in confusion.

“No, like I told you, she called in sick,” the waitress, whose nametag read ‘Maisy’ told him, smacking her gum as she looked up at him with bored eyes. “You could call her, I reckon.”

“Yeah, thanks.” He smiled weakly and reached into his pocket for a five-dollar bill, which he slid toward the waitress. Her eyes lit up as she saw it, and she was considerably friendlier as she offered him a table. “No, thanks. I’ve got somewhere to be.”

“Suit yourself,” she shrugged, but she offered a little wave as he turned to depart.

Colton forgot all about her the moment the door closed behind him. The only one on his mind was Scarlett, and concern for her. She’d seemed perfectly fine last night and he couldn’t imagine her coming down with something and not telling him about it. He’d texted her just this morning and nothing had seemed amiss.

The minute he got to his truck, he dialed her number, tapping his palm on the steering wheel as he waited for her to answer. When she didn’t pick up, his anxiety increased. Suddenly, a thought hit him. What if she wasn’t sick at all, just ashamed of what had taken place between them the night before? She’d said she was fine, she’d seemed to enjoy the new clothes and his attention, but what if it was all moving too quickly for her? What if she’d lied and she didn’t like it at all? He’d hoped that she’d be the kind of woman who could come clean about something like that, but maybe she was afraid to tell him.

That thought made him frown, but he wouldn’t get anywhere speculating. The only thing he could do was go straight to the source. Normally, he was a stickler for speed limits, but today his anxiety was heavy on the gas today, so he got to Scarlett’s apartment in record time. It didn’t occur to him that she might mind him showing up unannounced until he was walking down the hall. Well, she should have picked up the phone then, he told himself. Instead of making him feel better, though, it just made him more jittery than before.

“Hey! Hey, you there! Stop right now.”

Colton halted in his tracks when he heard the high-pitched, angry voice, feeling as though he should raise his arms in the air, too, to show that he was unarmed.

“What are you doing here?”

When the lady he’d met from last night stepped in front of him, glaring angry daggers, he was both confused and concerned. Had Scarlett said something? Damn it, if she hadn’t been happy with how things had gone between them, he wished she would have just said something.

“Oh, it’s you.” When the hardened lines of her face slipped just a little, he felt himself relax.

“Yeah, it’s me. How are you this mornin’, Mrs. Fettermen?”

“Well, I’d be a sight better if I hadn’t had to deal with all that ruckus last night.

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