MIKE The Firefighters of Station 8 by Samanthya Wyatt

Author:Samanthya Wyatt [Wyatt, Samanthya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love endures SWllc
Published: 2018-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Mike drove up the two-mile road and pulled his Ford pickup to a stop in front of Shep’s A-frame log house. Every time he journeyed up the tree-lined lane, the sight of Shep’s home took his breath. Huge logs defined every section, from the A-structured ends with oak framed windows large enough to walk through to the A-designed middle, which centered another window showing the upstairs foyer. Slated rock with cement housed the wood pillars on the front porch. Trees surrounded the structure, completing the rustic, cozy home. Someday Mike hoped to have an eighty-acre farm and a house as nice as this.

Knowing Cap would probably be on the back deck, Mike made his way around the side, heading for the garden path and found Shep right where he knew the man would be. Hutch, his Alaskan Malamute, ears at attention, came loping to Mike’s side with his tail wagging. Mike scratched behind the big dog’s head.

“Figured you’d be along.” Bare feet propped on the wooden railing, Shep leaned back with a steaming mug in one hand.

“Oh yeah? Why’s that?”

“Checking up on your girlfriend’s cohort.”

“That’s one way to put it.” Mike chuckled as he climbed the steps. Hutch padded over to curl up beside Shep.

“Want a cup of coffee? Help yourself.”

“Nah. Had mine already. You sleep in?”

Shep took a sip of his brew before he answered. “That your subtle way of asking what time I got home?”

“The thought crossed my mind.”

“Hmm.”

“You’re deliberately being evasive.” Mike crossed his arms and leaned against a sturdy post. A twelve-inch pillar matching the ones in front.

“I took her home, put her to bed and left.”

Mike glanced at Shep, then looked toward the mountains. “Didn’t think otherwise. Short and simple.”

Shep dropped his feet and placed his mug on a small table to the side of his chair. “Nothing simple about it.”

Curious, Mike raised his brow. Silence stretched and he thought Shep wouldn’t say any more. The man stared out into the pasture beside the barn.

“Tammy is something else.”

Mike smiled. So, the redhead had kindled Shep’s interest? About time someone did. “Think I’ll get that cup of coffee.”

He shoved from the post and went inside. When he came back out to the deck, Shep had his feet resting on the railing again. Mike took the empty chair. “Looks like Tammy got your attention.”

“She’s pretty. And fun.” Shep shook his head. “When she forgets about that asshole husband of hers.”

“Ex,” Mike corrected.

“I’d like to make him an ex. As in extinct.”

“Cassie said he’s been giving Tammy some trouble. The latest is why they were in the bar last night.”

“Trying to take her kids,” Shep added then took another gulp of coffee. “I don’t cotton with a man trying to take kids away from their mother. Especially when the dad is a parasite.”

“You know him?”

“Nope.”

“She must have been pretty shaken up. She tell you about it?”

“Yeah. She talked a lot on the way to her place. A regular chatter box.”

“Alcohol will do that.” Mike snickered.

“She talked about her boys, too.

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