House On Windridge by Tracie Peterson

Author:Tracie Peterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

If we convert those two sitting rooms at the back of the house,” Kate said one evening after dinner, “we could have additional bedrooms for guests.”

“True,” Buck replied, looking to Jessica and Devon for their reactions.

“It might even work better if Ryan and I took those two rooms and let our rooms upstairs be used for guests,” Jessica replied. “I mean, that way the entire second floor would be devoted to guests, and the third floor would still belong to you and Buck.”

“Maybe it would be better to give the third floor to you and Ryan,” Devon said thoughtfully. “After all, Kate needs to be close to the kitchen to get things started up in the morning, and Buck needs to be close to the barn and bunkhouse.”

“I hadn’t thought of it that way,” Kate replied. “Those two rooms would be more than enough for Buck and me. In fact, one room would be enough.”

“No, now I wouldn’t feel right about it if you and Buck didn’t have your own sitting room for privacy,” Jessica said firmly. “Having a house full of strangers will be cause enough to need our own places of refuge.”

“I could give you back the cottage,” Devon offered. “If you and Buck think you’d be more comfortable there, I could move into the bunkhouse.”

“Nonsense,” Kate said shaking her head. “You’ve already moved once; you might as well stay put.” Jessica wondered what she meant by this statement, but the conversation moved along so quickly that she never had a chance to ask.

“Katie and I would be happy just about any place you put us,” Buck stated. “I think those two sitting rooms are just perfect for us. It would eliminate running up and down all those stairs, and what with my rheumatism acting up from time to time, that would be enough to motivate the move on my part.”

“Buck, you should have told me you were having trouble,” Jessica countered. “I would have seen to it that you and Kate were moved long ago had I known.”

“The exercise does us good,” Kate said. “But I agree with Buck and Devon. Moving us downstairs into those back rooms would be perfect. That way, you and Ryan can have the full run of the third floor. You can set things up differently or keep it the way we have it. Either way, Ryan will have more room to run around, and there’s a door to keep him from heading down the stairs when you don’t want him to get away from you.”

Jessica laughed. “No doubt he’ll figure doors out soon enough.”

“I think we could safely conclude,” Devon said, pointing to a rough drawing he’d made of the house, “that we could have six rooms to offer to guests. We could even offer the bunkhouse’s extra beds if someone wanted to come out and truly experience the life of a ranch hand. Those articles Jessica brought from back East said that some folks actually pay money to be abused that way.

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