Her Favorite Cowboy by Mary Leo

Author:Mary Leo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

All Gage could think about was finally being able to get Cori alone: no grandparents, no Hailey, and no one around from the conference. They’d each taken off in different directions from the train station. Gage left his gramps at a mine museum for about a half hour with a group of friends while he found the perfect historic hotel. It didn’t take long for him to secure a room for the night and to take care of all the details. The woman at the front desk helped him arrange everything. Dinner would be delivered to their room exactly at eight. She assured him that the room was well stocked with water, chocolates and everything Cori needed for a cup of hot tea, along with several different types of juices. He’d made sure the hotel could provide robes, slippers and anything else they might need. He tried not to overlook anything and was counting down the minutes until everyone would get back on that train.

“I’m thinkin’ I should catch an earlier bus back down the mountain. This altitude don’t seem to be agreeing with me,” Gramps said as they stood inside the San Juan County Jail. Gage had been reading about the four small steel cells that sometimes housed as many as six men in canvas hammocks when his grandfather faltered inside one of the cells.

“What’s wrong?” Gage asked, as his stomach instantly tightened.

“I’m feelin’ all woozy, and that ham sandwich I ate ain’t sittin’ too easy in my stomach.”

“You can’t go alone, Gramps,” Gage insisted, knowing he would have to abandon his plans for that night. “I’ll come with you.”

He escorted Buck out of the jail, holding on to him around his waist, thinking this could be more than just altitude sickness. “Maybe we should stop in to see a doctor here in Silverton, first.”

“Don’t go talkin’ about no doctors or callin’ no ambulances. I know exactly what I need, and that’s to get down off this here mountain. Nine thousand feet is too high for this old dog.”

Gage held him close to his side as his gramps leaned into him and let Gage do all the work as they walked. Buck was heavier than Gage had anticipated, and he had to steady himself a few times in order to keep them balanced.

“Gramps, it could be anything. Let me call a doctor, or at the very least I can call Cori. She’ll know what’s wrong.”

Gage hoped his grandfather would agree as he slid the phone out of his pocket and began to unlock it.

“Put that dang thing away. I don’t want her messin’ around in my business again. I know what I need, and I don’t want to hear no more about it or I’ll go down by myself.” He broke away from Gage, took a few wobbly steps and stopped. Gage ran up and caught him just as he lost his balance and staggered forward.

“What’s wrong?” Steve asked, as he and his wife Betsy came up the wooden walkway.

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