Montana Mountain Valley Bride (Western Romance) by Maya Stirling

Author:Maya Stirling [Stirling, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2021-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Once she’d checked Noah’s shoulder in the makeshift sling, Bethany left the room and found Brodie and Nate seated at the table.

“He ready to see us?” Nate asked.

Bethany looked at Brodie and saw him smile at her. “He’s got something to tell you,” Bethany admitted. “Although I think we already know what that is.”

Nate winked Brodie. “We’ll make like we don’t know about the mountain lion.”

Bethany laughed quietly. Nate always did know how to cheer her up. This time was no exception.

Both men stood. Brodie seemed hesitant. “Noah wants to see you, too, Brodie.”

“Guess I’ll have to go in there, then.”

“Come on,” Nate grunted.

Bethany stood with her arms wrapped around herself as the two men headed into Noah’s room. It was going to be crowded in there, she told herself. The room was barely big enough for Noah’s bed. She reckoned Nate and Brodie would lift Noah’s spirits. Noah had wanted to get up from bed, but Bethany had been firm with him. He needed to rest. And she wanted to make sure he suffered no ill-effects from the rifle slamming into his shoulder. The shoulder would recover. Over the years, Richard had taught Bethany plenty of ways to fix wounds and all kinds of injuries. She had no intention of ever getting involved in medicine. The memories of Richard would always be too painful to allow that to happen. But she could still take care of her son, no matter what misfortune befell him.

Loud laughter, from men and boy, came from inside the room. Noah’s excited voice battled with Nate’s gruff assurances that the mountain lion had turned tail and run all the way back up the mountain. Noah sounded real happy about that.

Exhaustion swept through Bethany’s body. She was tempted to sit down at the table. Anything to rest a while. She knew if she did that she might fall asleep. It would be better to start preparing some food, she told herself.

So, for the next couple of hours, that was exactly what she did. As she worked in the tiny corner which passed for her kitchen, Bethany listened to the talk from Noah’s bedroom. Every time laughter rang out, Bethany smiled. It was good to hear laughter in the cabin again. Although Nate did his best to cheer her up, these days she didn’t always feel like laughing. She couldn’t imagine what life would be like without the presence of Noah and Nate. And now there was another person who’d made a huge difference to the way she felt.

Brodie Cameron had come into her life in the most unexpected way. And, with him being trapped in the valley, at least for a while, she had a chance to get to know the handsome rancher. That single thought made Bethany feel a secret delight. Wasn’t it scandalous that she would think about Brodie in that way? Sure it was, she reflected. But it was true.

Brodie was incredibly handsome. And, although she’d only recently met him, she could tell that he had a good heart; a kind heart.

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