Home on the Ranch_Her Cowboy Hero by Pamela Britton

Author:Pamela Britton [Britton, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-11T21:23:56+00:00

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Easier said than done, Jayden thought later that week as she drove away from her aunt’s house after picking up Paisley. She felt ready to hyperventilate. Down below, in a small valley, vineyards stretched to the left and right. The view should have calmed her with its familiarity. It didn’t. Her aunt lived on one hill, her dad the other, and she had to pass the driveway to his place every day. Today was the first time on her way back from her aunt’s house that she slowed down, making a left and heading toward the single-story Spanish-style home perched atop a hill.

“Here we go,” she told her daughter.

“Where go?” Paisley asked, blue eyes nearly the exact same color as Levi’s peering back at her.

“We’re going to see Grandpa.”

“Grandpa?”

“If he’s home,” she muttered under her breath. She’d thought about calling, had decided not to give him a heads-up. It’d be just like the stubborn man to not answer, and then if she left him a message, he probably would make a point not to be at home. She decided to wing it. His big truck was in the driveway, so she knew he was around.

“Come on, sweetheart,” she said after slipping out of the truck, opening up the back door of the truck.

“What are you doing here?”

Oh, dear. She turned toward her dad, wincing at the scowl on his face.

“Hey, Dad.” She swallowed. “I thought I’d bring Paisley by to see you.”

“What do you want?”

She tipped her chin up. “Nothing. I graduated from college. I have a job. I’m working over at Dark Horse Ranch, doing physical therapy like I told you I wanted to do.”

“Then why are you driving Uncle Bob’s truck?”

Damn the man. He wasn’t going to make this easy on her, was he? She turned back to Paisley. “Ready to meet Grandpa?”

“Leave the kid in the car.”

The kid.

For the first time her own temper flared. She turned back to her daughter. “Hold on for a second, honey.” She gently closed the door. She would not subject her daughter to her dad’s foul temper. She turned back to her dad. “Listen, Dad,” she said. “I stopped by tonight in the hopes that maybe we could bury the hatchet. I’m tired of sneaking around out here like I’m some kind of third-rate citizen. I’m sad that my daughter, whose name, I will remind you, is Paisley, hasn’t gotten to know her grandfather. But most of all, I’m sick and tired of you thinking I’m ten years old and can’t manage my life when all I’ve done over the past two years is work my ass off to make something of my life.”

“I see you still have your foul mouth.”

And suddenly the fight drained out of her. She took a deep breath, imploring her father with her eyes to meet her halfway. “Daddy, please.”

He threw his shoulders back, and she knew she wouldn’t get anywhere with him. Not tonight. Thank goodness she’d kept Paisley in the truck.

“What have I done that was so wrong?” she asked him.

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