Kassie's Cowboy by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The blizzard was amping up in strength and the amount of snow falling was rapidly increasing from where Travis stood by the spruce tree near the window. He’d put on Christmas music that played quietly in the background. If Kass hadn’t dropped out of the blue and back into his life, he wouldn’t have trimmed the tree at all. It was all he could do to cut it down and bring it in the house. He just didn’t have any desire to celebrate anything, even Christmas, anymore. That was how far he’d sunk into his depression.

Kass had come back into his life, and suddenly, he felt the power of hope once more flooding his soul. As he hung a paper ornament carefully on the end of a branch, he was amazed how one person could completely turn his life upside down and inside out in the best of ways. Kass had always been like that for him: a lucky charm, a lifeline, and a life giver. It was just who she was. How could he have let her go?

“Hey,” Kass said, pointing to the decoration he was hanging, “isn’t that your first dog, Champ?” She had the box of Christmas decorations on the coffee table, gently pulling them out, not wanting to tear or destroy any of the more fragile ornaments.

He hesitated. “Yes, my collie,” he said.

She grinned, straightened, and walked over to him. Pushing her hair away from her face, she looked up at the branch. “He was such a beautiful collie, Travis. And so loving. He was your best friend for the first twelve years of your life.”

He carefully affixed the decoration dangling on a gold thread, allowing it to hang on its own. Savoring Kass’s closeness, her bright, warm spirit, his hands fell to his side. Slanting a glance over at her, he said, “This must be good memory time,” he teased, understanding why she’d come over to assist him. Kass was never in a person’s face. Rather, for as long as Travis could recall, Kass would quietly ease into a person’s space and somehow, in her own gentle, quiet way, get the person to see something they hadn’t seen before. He saw her pink lips curve, her eyes shining with laughter.

“Absolutely. Remember how Champ loved to chase that old, raggedy white tennis ball you’d always throw for him?”

He nodded. “Yeah . . . good times. And then I’d toss you the ball and he’d run toward you.”

“And then I’d toss the ball back to you.” She smiled fondly. “He got an awful lot of exercise that way.”

“Sure did.”

She looked around. “Have you ever thought of maybe going down to the no kill shelter in Wind River and picking out another doggy companion for yourself? That might give you some company and lift your spirits a bit, Travis.”

He desperately wanted to turn and ease his hands around her shoulders and draw Kass close to him. It was eating him alive and now, he was fighting a new battle within himself: to draw Kass as close as he could.

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