Home on the Ranch_Wyoming Cowboy Ranger by Rebecca Winters

Author:Rebecca Winters [Winters, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-12T19:56:51+00:00

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Lily was in the kitchen with her parents, ecstatic that the culprit had been caught. While she ate one of her mother’s brownies, she told them about her talk with Porter and the experience that had brought him out to the Wind River Mountain Range in the first place.

Her dad looked pensive. “He went through a horrendous ordeal.”

“How cruel of that ranger to accuse him like that,” her mom groused. “She is sick.”

“It’s awful to think someone could do that to anyone,” Lily murmured. “I want you to meet him when he comes for another ride.”

Just then her cell phone rang, interrupting her. She checked the caller ID. “It’s Porter. He’s probably calling from the jail. Excuse me for a minute.” She hurried into the dining room for privacy and clicked on, afraid he was phoning to cancel their dinner date.

“Hi, Porter!”

“Lily—”

She blinked. “Your voice sounds odd. Are you all right?”

“I am now that I know you are.”

Lily gripped her phoned tighter. “What do you mean?”

“Sheriff Granger is on speakerphone with me. Are your parents there?”

“Yes?” She couldn’t imagine what was going on.

“He wants to have a five-way conversation.”

A chill ran down her body. “All right. They’re in the kitchen. I’ll go in and put my phone on speaker.” She hurried back to the kitchen and looked at her parents. “Porter is with the sheriff. He wants to talk to all of us.”

Perplexed, her parents gathered around the phone. “We’re listening, Sheriff.”

“Mr. and Mrs. Owens? Ms. Owens? This is Sheriff Granger. Ranger Ewing is here in my office with me. We’ve arrested the culprit that Ranger Ewing tangled with in the mountains recently. Tonight a lot more information has come forth.”

Lily started to tremble.

“We have reason to believe he’s the brother of Ranger Melissa Reiver.”

“Her brother?”

“Yes. As he told you, she’s a former member of the US Forest Service in New York who was the cause of Ranger Ewing being transferred to Wyoming.”

A gasp escaped Lily’s lips. “I was just telling my parents about what happened to him.”

“Because of her obsession with him, she was fired and stripped of her pension for trying to get her revenge on him. We don’t have a name on this brother yet, but it’s clear he has been hunting for Ranger Ewing.”

Lily couldn’t stop shivering.

“It’s vital you know the facts. While Ranger Ewing was interrogating him earlier, he learned enough to realize the man’s sister is probably out here with him and hiding somewhere nearby. She’s a former ranger and is armed and dangerous. It’s possible that when she realizes her brother has been arrested, she’ll not only attempt to harm Ranger Ewing, but any people he cares about. That makes you a target, Ms. Owens.”

Hearing that news, Lily found it impossible to swallow.

“I’ve been in touch with the chief of police and he has sent out officers to your ranch to protect you and your family 24/7 until she’s arrested if that’s the case. Captain Sanchez will be in charge and will contact you.

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