Mack's Care (Grooms With Honor Book 4) by Linda K. Hubalek

Author:Linda K. Hubalek [Hubalek, Linda K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Victorian, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Frontier & Pioneer Era, Cowboy & Western Romance, Hearts Desire, American West, Clean & Wholesome, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Novella Length Story, Protection & Safety, Action & Adventure, 19th Century, Clear Creek Kansas, Grooms With Honor, Pastor and Kaitlyn Reagan, Carpenter-Designer & Builder, Town's Medical Doctor, Gigantic Stature
Publisher: Butterfield Books Inc.
Published: 2018-01-21T05:00:00+00:00

“What’s got you in a snit?” Jasper asked as Mack pounded on a nail harder and more times than he needed to.

They were both straddling on the top board of the two-story walls as they nailed the ceiling joists into place.

“Women,” Mack muttered around his mouth full of nails.

“More than one? Who?” Jasper sat upright to ask.

“Daisy, Ma…Doc Pansy…” Mack hit another nail extra hard when he said Pansy’s name.

“Just be glad you have women folk to worry about,” Jasper said as he hit his nail harder than it needed to be himself.

“Aw, sorry, Jasper. I never knew your wife so I don’t think about that. But you have your sister Iris to make you exasperated now and then.”

“Yeah, that’s true, but it’s so good to be back together I don’t mind her fussing about me.”

“What is she fussing about?” Mack asked, happy to change the subject.

“She’s thinking it’s time I marry again.”

“Do you think she’s right? What are your thoughts about it?”

Jasper stopped to look across the street below and then over to the west horizon. “Yeah, I’m lonely and thinking about it. But who would marry me? I’m a mulatto from the South.”

“I can think of a few women in town who’d like a man who can build them a home and keep the larder stocked.”

“I had a good marriage and would want it again, and not just someone who would marry me for what I could furnish them.”

Jasper was looking to the West again. What, or whom, was Jasper thinking about?

“Got somebody in mind from Ellsworth, since you’re looking that way?”

“No, just thinking of what Holly Clancy told me back a while. She said there was a woman in the Montana Territory town she lived in, whose name was Julip. I can’t help wonder if it’s my childhood friend.”

Nolan Clancy had met his wife Holly while he was snowed in that town a few years ago. When Holly heard Jasper talk about his past, she commented on the name, Julip, when he’d used it.

Mack made a snap decision. “After we get the roof on this building, take the train to where Holly lived. You got the money. Check out the woman. Maybe she’s your next wife.”

Jasper’s surprised look turned thoughtful. “I’ll think about that.”

“Hey, Mack!” Mack leaned over the wall at the sound of Cullen’s voice.

“What you want?” Mack yelled back.

“Seen the doctor?”

Mack scrambled on his hands and knees to get to the ladder, so he could descend to the ground and talk to Cullen without the whole town hearing their yelling conversation.

“She not in her office or over at the pharmacy?” He knew sometimes Pansy and Daisy spent time talking about medicines and cures.

“Nope, but I thought I should find her. Richard Kandt was just in for his mail and said his ranch neighbor’s kids are all sick. Thought I should pass that on to your Doc Moose if she wants to check on the family.”

Mack’s fist was instantly in Cullen’s face. “Don’t call Pansy that or you’ll need her help straightening your nose.

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