Open Skies by Marysol James

Author:Marysol James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, cowboy, Romantic, Sex, Contemporary
Published: 2014-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

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At about noon that day, Julie heard a knock at the cabin door. She squared her shoulders and went to answer it.

There stood Joe, Rob, Jake, Phil and Mike. She blinked in astonishment at them all.

“Umm. Hi?”

“Hey, Julie.” Rob grinned at the look on her face.

“Uh. I don’t think it’ll take six of us to carry four bags over to the Big House, will it?”

“No. But we’ll help you pack some stuff up over there.”

She paused. “Sorry, what do you mean?”

“Nobody’s touched the Big House since Dave died, except to clean it, empty the fridge, that kind of thing. We left it as it was, since we figured you'd want to move in to Dave's place and you'd sort it all out yourself.”

It dawned on her what that meant. “So – so all of his things are still there? Clothes and photos and personal belongings…”

Rob nodded. “And he never really dealt with Margaret’s things, either, so there are still her clothes and stuff, too.”

“Oh.” She felt a wave of dizziness pass over her.

Jake saw the look on her face and immediately recognized it as the same one that he had seen in her office, right before she fell towards him, pale and limp and shaking. He reached out a steadying hand, held on to her elbow gently. “You OK?”

Julie took a deep breath. “I think so. I just – I wasn’t expecting that.”

Phil’s normally unruffled face was perturbed. “Julie, listen… in light of everything we know now about you and your father, maybe it’d be best if you just went on up to the main building and let us pack up his and Margaret’s things in the Big House. We can get it all done in two hours, I figure, and you can move in to a cleared house. It’d be like a blank slate.”

She thought about that. “Yes, but… if you do that, then all his things will be in boxes and stored away, right?”

“Right,” Phil said. “We’d keep it all in one of the storage rooms, maybe down at the stables. We won’t get rid of anything until you say so.”

She nodded.

Jake was watching her closely, his hand still on her arm. “So, what do you think?”

She returned his gaze. “I’m not sure. I mean… I’m kind of wondering if I’ll regret not seeing his home as it was when he lived there. I feel like this is a chance to know him. Do I want to pass it up?”

The men were silent, looking at her, watching her make up her mind.

“OK, let’s go. Let’s all go. I’ll try – I’ll see how it goes.” She smiled. “If it gets to be a bit too overwhelming, I’ll leave it to you all. Deal?”

“OK,” Rob said. “So, let’s grab the bags and head over. You tell us if you want to leave, and we’ll get everything ready for you.”

“Fine.” She handed Rob the key to the cabin, picked up her purse and stepped aside so Joe, Mike and Phil could get the bags from the middle of the floor.

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