Lawman in Disguise by Laurie Kingery

Author:Laurie Kingery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd
Published: 2016-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Prissy, with a bright-eyed baby on her hip and a small, yipping dog of mixed heritage dancing at her feet, welcomed her into her home. “Daisy, come in! It’s been too long! Houston, don’t jump on our visitor! Your timing is perfect, Daisy—I just took some blackberry muffins out of the oven. Can you sit down and sample them, and a glass of lemonade, with me?”

“I can’t stay long, but a muffin and a cool drink would be very nice. I see little Samantha is teething,” she remarked, having caught sight of a single gleaming white nub of a front tooth as the baby seized on a biscuit Prissy handed her and started gumming it with enthusiasm.

“Yes, and she’s been remarkably cheerful about it, as long as I keep her supplied with something to chew on,” Prissy said with a laugh. She poured lemonade from a tall jug and handed Daisy a glass. The muffins were already cooling on the kitchen table. The enticing smell of them made Daisy decide she hadn’t lost her appetite, after all.

“You said you didn’t have long—are you on a break from the hotel kitchen?” Prissy asked, as both women settled into chairs.

Daisy nodded. “I really should speak to the sheriff, but time is short and I was hoping you could give him a message for me.”

“Of course.”

“I imagine your husband has told you about the fact that one of the bank robbers has been recuperating from his wounds in my barn,” Daisy began, then stopped. What if Sam Bishop hadn’t confided in his wife as he usually did? What would Prissy think of her then? “Only, he’s not really an outlaw—I don’t know if Sam told you that...”

Oh, why had she come and opened her mouth? What if she’d lost Prissy’s good opinion of her for nothing? What a mess this was turning into!

“Yes, Sam told me about the man—his name is Thorn Dawson, I believe? Goodness, Daisy, how shocked you must have been to find a wounded man in your barn after that awful robbery,” her friend said. “Sam told me he’s really a Texas Ranger secretly working with the State Police to bring down the Griggs gang. How daring of him! I’m sure Billy Joe is over the moon getting to talk to such a fellow. Sam says he seems a decent sort of man...”

“Yes, he is, but I need to inform the sheriff that a couple of men from the gang showed up last night, and Th—Mr. Dawson—had no choice but to ride off with them. So he’s back with the Griggs gang. And if they’re gathering up their members, then they might be planning another raid or robbery. I thought Sheriff Bishop would want to know.”

Prissy’s blue eyes widened. “Oh, dear, and after he fixed your barn roof and everything...”

Now it was Daisy’s turn to be startled. “How did you know about that, Prissy?”

Her friend’s expression was rueful. “I’m afraid Mrs. Donahue’s tongue has been wagging all over town, Daisy, after she saw him up there Sunday morning.

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