Ladies Love Rock Stars: Taming the Bad Boys of Rock and Roll by D'Ann Lindun

Author:D'Ann Lindun [Lindun, D'Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

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Montana choked from air so thick with smoke she couldn’t see or breathe. Eyes welling with tears, she stumbled toward the stove. “Johnny! Get up!”

He appeared through the haze. “I’m here.”

“The cabin’s on fire. We gotta get out of here.” Montana grabbed his hand and they rushed toward the door.

Finding the handle took a few precious seconds and by the time the door swung open, she felt as if she’d swallowed a whole chimney full of smoke. They staggered outside and made it a few feet away from the danger. She bent over and placed her hands on her knees, coughing and gagging, eyes streaming.

Beside her, Johnny also choked.

When Montana could breathe again, she asked, “You okay?”

He nodded. “Yeah. You?”

“I’ll live.” She turned toward the cabin. Thick blue smoke filled the night air; the roof of the cabin glowed orange.

When Johnny charged toward the burning building, Montana screamed, “No!”

Her heart pounded a crazy rhythm. He could die!

She sprinted after him, bumping into his body when he appeared through the smoke carrying his coat, rifle and the pair of saddlebags. “I’m okay, but we better move. She’s going down any minute.”

They stumbled to the hitch rail and leaned against it. Montana wiped her streaming eyes. In silence, except for an occasional cough, they watched the cabin burn. The flames tore through the aged wood like a racehorse out of the gate, the roar nearly deafening. There was no hope of saving the old place. Even if they had a way to carry water, there wouldn’t be nearly enough to stop the flames. In a matter of minutes, the back and side log walls collapsed with an ear-shattering bang. The front wall somehow stayed up, the front door wide open.

Montana asked in a numb voice, “Did you forget to open the damper?”

“No.” Johnny struggled into his coat. “It was fine. I double checked.”

Montana didn’t know how long they stood in the dark watching the logs smolder. How the hell was she going to explain to her friends that she’d been in residence when their family cabin—one they’d owned for over a hundred years—had gone up in flames? There was no replacing it. All the years and years of history, gone.

Tears that had nothing to do with the smoke hanging in the air filled her eyes.

Johnny wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. “Shhh. It’ll be okay.”

She buried her face against his solid chest. “I don’t know how. The Marshes are going to kill me when they see this.”

“That’s not going to happen.” He stroked her hair. “I’ll talk to them. Fuck. I’ll rebuild it.”

“Right now we have bigger problems.” Her words came slow. “Up until now I haven’t wanted to believe that Tom would actually do us harm, but I think he tried to kill us tonight.”

“Why do you say that?”

Holding Johnny’s hand, she led him toward the cabin. At the smoking remains, she stopped and pointed to the stove. “I’m no fireman, but if the fire started here, wouldn’t the stovepipe be melted? And the front wall would have burned.

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