Passion's Law by Ruth Langan

Author:Ruth Langan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Police Procedural, Family, Mystery & Detective, Contemporary, General, Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373387090
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2001-11-01T07:00:00+00:00

Thad obligingly placed his hand alongside that of his daughter. “Yeah. She sure is soft, honey.”

Her fears forgotten, Brittany asked, “Can I sit on her back, Heather?”

“I’ll leave that up to your father.”

Seeing his concern, Heather said in an aside, “Lucy’s as gentle as they come. All she’ll do is stand there. I give you my word.”

He nodded. “Okay, honey. Here goes.” He took her from Heather and placed her on the mare’s back.

As promised, the old horse stood perfectly still.

Brittany was enchanted. “When I get big can I ride her?”

“Would you like that?” Thad asked.

“Uh-huh.” Brittany’s eyes were wide with excitement. “Heather said she rides horses. And when I get big, I want to ride them, too.”

Thad lifted her into his arms and pressed his lips to her cheek. “I hope you’re going to wait a few years for that.”

“For what, Daddy?”

“For getting bigger.”

Brittany looked at him in surprise. “Why?”

“Because I really like having you just the way you are.” He handed her over to Heather. “Thanks for letting me pet the horse. But now I’d better get back to work.”

As the two walked back to the wagon Thad heard his daughter saying solemnly, “When I grow up, I’m going to be a policeman just like Daddy.”

Heather’s reply was carried on the breeze. “That’s a fine thing to be. What would we do without policemen to keep us safe?”

“But I want to ride horses like you, too,” the little girl added.

“Maybe you could be a mounted policeman. Then you’d get to ride horses all day while you work.”

Thad turned and watched as Heather pulled the wagon across the meadow toward the big house. She always seemed to know just the right thing to say to his daughter. None of the million and one questions typically asked in a day seemed foolish or trivial. And she spent so much time with Brittany. Time to listen. Time to talk. And like this little visit to the stable, time to indulge her slightest whim, or satisfy her every curiosity.

He’d never seen his daughter as happy as she’d been these past few days. Maybe that was why his heart was feeling so much lighter lately.

He frowned. Of course that was the reason. He much preferred believing that to the alternative—that his happiness was in direct proportion to the amount of time he was spending in the company of his daughter’s pretty baby-sitter.

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