Love Inspired July 2021--Box Set 2 of 2 by Jocelyn McClay

Author:Jocelyn McClay [McClay, Jocelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Hunter woke with a start. He hadn’t intended to fall asleep, but he realized he’d taken a nap with the baby while sitting in the rocker on Ricky’s porch. It had been a long time since he’d been tired like this. Felicia had suffered from postpartum depression, and he’d been the one to take care of Lynzee for the most part, but he hadn’t also had to raise a toddler and two preschoolers at the same time. He was bone tired.

His phone buzzed in his pocket, and he shifted his weight slightly to pull it out without disturbing the baby. Many guys didn’t like babies or understand them the way he did. He’d loved taking care of Lynzee when she was an infant, and it was nice doing it again, especially since he wasn’t sure if he’d ever get the chance to in the future. Call him foolish, but he was taking advantage of every moment with this one.

A glance at caller ID told him he couldn’t ignore this call. Dale, one of his ranch hands, would only call on a Sunday night if it was an emergency. He answered the phone quietly and listened to what Dale had to say. The east fence was down again, and it needed to be fixed right away.

Chris Jones, who lived on the other side of the fence, would call and complain if their cattle got out. Technically, that wasn’t the Double R’s problem. If Chris Jones didn’t want cattle on his land, it was his responsibility to fence them out. But he was originally from the city and didn’t understand that. Rather than listen to reason, he would call and complain to the sheriff, and even though the sheriff would politely tell him there was nothing he could do, it still caused problems for the ranch.

Making nice with the neighbors was one of Hunter’s jobs. The cattle had gotten out there multiple times over the past couple of weeks, so Hunter needed to be there to make sure the job got done correctly. He shifted the baby in his arms and got up. Wanda spied him and rushed over.

“You go back and sit down. You need to rest. What can I get you?”

“Actually,” he said, “I need someone to watch the kids for me. I just got a call that the fence is down on the east side, so I need to go figure out what’s happening.”

Ricky and RaeLynn joined them. “What’s this about the east fence being down?” Ricky asked. “I thought we fixed that the other day.”

Hunter nodded. “That’s what I thought. But I can’t see him cutting our fence and then being angry about it.”

Ricky nodded thoughtfully. “True,” he said. “There’s that fellow just south of him that I don’t think has a lick of sense. Jones called me the other day to complain about our cattle being on his land. I sent some guys over there to look into it, but they told me the cattle weren’t ours.

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