Red Hot Texan by Katherine Garbera

Author:Katherine Garbera
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781952560286
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2020-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

You can judge a man by the size of his library.

~lesson learned from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice

Chapter Ten

“I need a favor,” Red said as he walked into Braden’s office at Outlaw Tequila. His friend was leaning on his desk, looking at a foam core board displaying images of different wanted posters for their fall/winter promotions.

“Sure. Which do you like best?” Braden asked motioning him over and leaning over the desk.

“I think Finn looks like a bad Santa. Lea suggested we just use one of us, but I can’t decide. Cal’s left it up to me because he had to go to New York for one of his football buddy meet-ups.”

Only Braden would call Cal meeting with his former NFL teammates a football meet-up. It made Red realize how a different perspective could put things into the right view. Maybe he was overthinking everything with Emma. There was no reason to keep his daughter a secret from her. He’d known that since the night they’d slept together at his place. But he hadn’t been able to find the courage to tell her about Molly.

He’d never even met her. What if…

“I like them all,” Red said. “When I buy tequila, I don’t really care what’s on the label.”

“Great, that was really not helpful. What did you need?”

“Advice,” he said. “And do you have one of those stand-up wine ice buckets? I know Delilah has them at the Dragonfly but I’m trying to surprise Emma.”

“I don’t have one, but I’ll ask Delilah for one and tell her you are picking it up for me,” Braden said. His best friend knew he was sneaking around with Emma. Red and Braden just had never kept anything from each other.

“Thanks. Should I tell Emma about Molly?” Red asked. “I’ve gone back and forth on this and spent a good bit of time at my favorite fishing spot thinking on it and I’m still not sure.”

“Yes, you should tell her. I know all the reasons why you are hesitating but the longer you wait the more hurt she’ll be and there is a chance you’ll lose her,” Braden said. “That’s not what you want.”

“Hell. I know that. I keep running it around and around and like you said there’s risk on either side. I mean I tell her: she gets pissed and leaves me. I don’t get Molly so no one in town would ever know and I’ve lost Emma. Or I get Molly…and then what?”

“You’ll figure it out. Remember when you took me on the survivalist weekend thing in April?”

“Yeah, I saved your damn life more than once,” Red reminded him. “I’m not likely to forget that.”

“You did. And I’m grateful and so is Lea by the way. But you said to me we don’t have to worry about how we’ll drive home, remember? Just worry about surviving the next hour and then the one after that. That’s what you need to do with Emma and Molly.”

“Just tell her what I can,” Red said out loud.

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