Must Love Cowboys by Cheryl Brooks

Author:Cheryl Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

“But we haven’t spoken in years,” Calvin protested.

I shrugged. “Maybe she wanted to reconcile but didn’t know how to contact you. She could’ve stipulated in her will that you needed to be found.”

“Seems like she could’ve done that before she died, doesn’t it?”

“Maybe she tried and couldn’t find you—or died before she had the chance. I found you in a White Pages search without any trouble, but I had a recent address to begin with. She wouldn’t even have known which state you were living in.”

“I’ll grant you that,” he said. “I never told anyone where I was headed when I came here, except your grandpa. Far as I was concerned, he was the only one who needed to know.”

No wonder they’d kept in touch. “If you were one of Jeannine’s beneficiaries and she’d left a record of your address, the executor of her estate would’ve sent you a letter when she died.” I’d had some recent experience with wills and such, my current whereabouts being the result of another document in which Calvin had been named. “That is, if she named you as a beneficiary. If so, I can’t believe this is all they’ve done to try to find you. I mean, what are the odds you would ever see this?”

“Not very good,” he agreed. “’Specially since I didn’t even know she died.”

“There’s one way to get all the answers.” I slid the mouse pointer over the hyperlink. “All we have to do is email her lawyers.”

I might’ve been dying of curiosity, but Calvin didn’t seem particularly interested. He leaned back in his chair, looking a bit more haggard than he had earlier. “Let me think about it for a while.”

Given his current state of health, I didn’t want to push it. After copying the law firm’s web address, I closed the computer. “No problem. I bookmarked the page. We can go back to it anytime.”

God only knew what Jeannine might have left Calvin, although I seriously doubted it would have been her entire fortune. Her husband had children and grandchildren from his previous marriage, which meant she would only have the portion she received after his death. Still, even that could’ve been pretty substantial unless there was a really stringent prenuptial agreement in place.

I couldn’t wait to hear Wyatt’s take on the matter.

“Guess I’d better get back to the kitchen.” I picked up my computer and nodded at the television. “See anything interesting on the news?”

“No,” he replied. “Nothing good, anyway.”

No news is good news. There was a boatload of truth in that. Happy times and status quo had never been newsworthy. Unfortunately, reporters rarely had to look very hard to find something to talk about, even on a peaceful ranch in Wyoming.

I paused in the doorway. “Ever make Yorkshire pudding to go with the roast beef?”

“Might have,” he replied, grinning. “That is, if I knew what it was.”

“It’ll be a surprise.” Never having made enough for a bunkhouse full of cowboys, I figured I might even surprise myself if it turned out okay.

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