Rebel by Vanessa Vale & Renee Rose
Author:Vanessa Vale & Renee Rose [Vale, Vanessa & Rose, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Burning Desires
Chapter
Sixteen
MEGAN
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I pulled down a long drive to Lucas Straightâs vacation home about ninety minutes from Sparks. Considering how much money the guy was supposed to have, the place wasnât as fancy as I expected. I guessed he had about twenty acres and a house with four or five bedrooms. It was the river that ran through the land that made the place valuable. I guessed he was a fisherman as much as a Viking lover and wanted better water access than a state-of-the-art kitchen.
That boded well for me, but I didnât guess when it came to a job. Expect the unexpected, my father always said. While he wasnât a Boy Scout, he also used their motto, always be prepared.
That was why I was here. I glanced around, took in the two-story farmhouse to validate everything my dad had shared. Security cameras in the eaves aimed at the front door. Iâd recognized sensors as I turned onto the driveway. If someone was home, he or she knew I was here.
I parked my older Subaru far enough away where the license plate couldnât be seen by cameras, slid on a pair of fake tinted glasses, fluffed the red-haired wig Iâd put on beneath a cowgirl hat, and made my way to the front door. I rang the bell and took in the door. Solid wood. Deadbolt. Sensor in the top right corner. The windows that flanked it were new. Double pane. Closed even though it was eighty degrees out.
A woman came to the door wiping her hands on a dishtowel. Fifties. Not from around here based on the stylish cut of her hair and the designer brand on her jeans.
âHi. Iâm Lacey, and Iâm here for the interview.â I smiled, trying to appear as benign as possible as I took in everything beyond the woman inside the house.
The woman frowned. âInterview?â
âFor the farrier job,â I replied. Over her shoulder, I took in the entry, the stairs rising directly behind her with a hall beside that led, I assumed, to the kitchen. On one side of her was a den, the other a living room. They were simply furnished but professionally styled as if out of a magazine. Artwork hung on the walls. Even a tapestry by the fireplace.
âIâm sorry, I donât even know what that is.â
I laughed, waved it off. âNo one does. Iâm a horse shoe-er.â I glanced left and right, pretending to be lost and scoped out the other security on the front. âI am at the right place, arenât I? This is the Chalmers spread.â
The woman looked relieved at my words. âThe Chalmers? I think theyâre the next ranch down. Maybe the one after that. Iâm only here a few weeks in the summer, so I havenât met them yet.â
I closed my eyes for a second and tried to look sheepish. âGah. Sorry! The land starts to look the same, and itâs not like there are house numbers this far out.â
She laughed with me. âNo worries.â
I stepped back, gave a little wave and headed back to my car.
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