Lone Star Hero by Jennie Jones

Author:Jennie Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Molly sat at the counter in the hacienda kitchen, her cell pressed to her ear as she waited for Pepper to join the conference call. Neither Lauren nor Molly spoke. It was a rule that no one said anything or told any gossip or parted with any news until all three cousins were on the call.

She turned her head to check the stove, and inhaled the aroma of ribs and barbeque sauce that she’d made from scratch. She couldn’t beat the Hopeless sponge, so for dessert she’d made peanut butter cookies. He could eat those all day tomorrow, too, while they worked on the roof. He’d have his gear, and his construction calculator, and they’d be getting on with it. If he came home. Back. This wasn’t his home.

“I’m here,” Pepper said. “Do I need chocolate?”

“I thought you had the developers under control, Molly,” Lauren said, heading straight into the conversation now all three were on the line.

“Not quite.” Molly filled them in. It took minutes, but apart from the odd gasp or conciliatory murmur, her cousins remained silent as they listened—until Molly told them about her appetite.

“Slime,” Lauren said.

“Pure scum,” Pepper agreed. “Everybody knows you haven’t had sex in years.”

“Not proper sex,” Lauren added.

“Who are these people?”

Molly sighed. There wasn’t time to explain about Leo D’Pee, Ty “Slick” Wilson, or Bob Smith now. Her cousins simply knew them as ‘the developers’ or Donaldsons. “Slime and scum,” Molly said in response. “So are you both going to help?”

“You mean—come back?”

“Look,” Lauren said. “We all know you’re the one for the job, Molly.”

“And you’re already there...”

“That’s not the point,” Molly insisted.

“What’s this builder like?” Lauren asked, changing the subject. “I can’t find the newsletter online.”

“Momma took it down while she builds her blog, which she says is going to fix everything.”

“What does he look like,” Pepper asked, “if the whole world thinks you’re having karma tantric hot sex with him all day long?”

“Oh, you know—the usual builder type. Full of himself. A know-all who thinks he’s the boss.”

“Eeeww,” Pepper said. “I hate those kind of builders.”

“He’s constantly dirty and dusty and he uses his clothes to wipe sweat off himself.”

“Eeeww.”

“And he’s got a stalking woman in his life who says she’s pregnant.”

“By him?”

“He says not.”

“Scumbag. Bet it was him.”

Enthusiasm flowed through Molly’s veins. “From the first moment I saw him, I knew he’d be trouble. For all I know, he’s got a dumped ex-wife and six kids back home in Colarodo. Of course I hate him!”

Silence.

“Liar,” Lauren stated. “He’s hot and you want your hands all over him.”

“Photo, please!”

Damn, it was hard having cousins who knew each other so well they knew what the others were feeling. Or when they were lying.

Molly plugged her flash drive into her laptop and emailed them the hot Saul photos. “Do not give these photos to anyone else.”

“Oh, good Lord,” Lauren said. “I might come back after all.”

“Does he fancy you?”

“Has he made a pass yet?”

“I’m not right for him.”

“He said that?”

“Alice said that.”

“Oh.” Molly heard the pity in Lauren’s voice.

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