Rancher Daddy by Lexi Whitlow

Author:Lexi Whitlow [Whitlow, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

I have three things I need to do before I call it a night.

The first is to call Scott and Danny, tell them what’s happened, and hope they’re still willing to take me in. The next is to call Hayes and apologize to him for thinking he sent the email. And the third is to go to Little Mexico and quit my job. My bartending days are behind me. I can’t say I’m unhappy about that, but I’ll miss the crew.

Tomorrow I’ll organize moving. Scott and Danny have been as good as their word, sending me money; five hundred dollars every two weeks. I’ve banked most of it, so cash to get moved isn’t a huge problem. I’ll hire a couple guys at the U-Haul place to help me clear my apartment. With any luck I’ll be on the road by tomorrow afternoon.

I pull up Scott’s number in my contacts, hoping he picks up. The call rolls to his voicemail without ringing. He’s obviously on the phone with someone else. I call Danny and the same thing happens. Instead of leaving a voicemail, I text Scott.

“Hey – Call me when u get this. Important.”

Two minutes later my phone rings.

“Hi Chloe, what’s up?” he asks. I hear a crowded restaurant or bar in the background, lots of voices all talking at once.

“Thanks for getting back to me so fast,” I say. “So… I have news. Are you busy, because it can wait.”

“No, I’m fine,” he says. “Danny are I are waiting for a table. It’ll be awhile yet. What’s going on?”

“I’ll give you all the nitty gritty details later,” I tell him. “But the short version is that I’m done with school. I’m coming to New York, if you’ll have me.”

A long pause follows, then he says, “Okay. Of course, we’ll have you. Don’t be ridiculous. But tell me what’s happened. Are you okay?”

“I’m okay,” I assure him. “It’s really complicated. I swear, I’ll tell you everything, when I get there. When I’m… with friends. This place isn’t very… No real friends here…” I feel a knot draw my throat closed and those tears I thought I’d shut down start leaking, streaking my face.

“Oh, Chloe-cat, c’mon home,” Scott almost sings into the phone, calling me by the pet name my father used when I was a girl. “What can I do to get you here?”

“Nothing,” I tell him, trying to clear the sound of tears from my voice. “I’ll call you when I get on the road.”

I do my best to cut the call short, realizing now how close to the surface my emotions are. I don’t want Scott to worry. He’ll worry himself sick if I break down in tears. He’ll make me tell him everything, and I don’t have the energy for it.

For the same reason I cut it short with Scott, I decide not to call Hayes. Instead I text him.

“Hayes. I figured it out today that you didn’t send the email. It was LJ. Not sure why she hates me so much, but it’s done.

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