Rescuing Colorado by RaeAnne Hadley

Author:RaeAnne Hadley [Hadley, RaeAnne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Artistry Utopia Publishing
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

5

Her head was pounding before she even had a chance to open her eyes. She couldn’t figure out why any proper hotel would allow such horrendous noise at such an inappropriate time. When the pounding didn’t stop, she lifted her head to get dressed and complain to the manager. The slight motion of raising her head caused the pounding to join forces with pain, which worked in perfect rhythmic harmony. She realized that she was the only one hearing and feeling the intrusion and she flopped back down on the bed.

She groaned when even that caused her pain and she swore out loud. “Never again, my dear Lord. I promise I will never imbibe with the wicked drink of whiskey if you allow me to live.”

She slowly swung her legs around off the side of the bed and forced herself into a sitting position. She held her head in her hands and waited to hear Sutter’s chastising. He had warned her last night but she refused to listen. Honestly she had felt undefeatable last night.

When she didn’t hear his teasing, she looked out into the sitting area and found the couch empty. Slowly getting to her feet, she looked everywhere but didn’t see him. Frowning, she slipped on her jacket, twisted her hair up into a messy bun and gently placed her cap on her head. She tucked the strands up underneath and she started out the door. Stopping herself, she sighed as she took a moment to slip on her boots and then continued out of the door and out of the hotel.

The sunshine and early morning bustle made her head and body ache. She squinted against the sunlight and silently cursed it for being so bright.

She headed towards the blacksmiths and when she didn’t find Sutter, decided to head to the livery. She checked on his team and made sure they had fresh water before going back towards the hotel. Denver was a big city and there’s no telling where he could be. She would just have to wait for him.

She picked up some biscuits and coffee from the hotel lobby before heading up to the room. She nibbled cautiously on the sweet breads until she was sure that her stomach wasn’t going to revolt. The black coffee helped with her head but her stomach was still undecided so she ate more of the bread to pacify it.

It was coming onto the noon hour before the door to their room opened.

“Well she lives,” he chuckled. “How do you feel?”

She glared at him, suddenly filled with anger. “How in the hell do you think I feel?”

He raised an eyebrow at her. “Hey, don’t take it out on me. I tried to warn you but no, you wouldn’t listen. Had to have the whiskey.”

“You didn’t warn me that it would me feel like death had come and swallowed me up.”

“You weren’t listening to me last night,” he countered.

Knowing he was right, she changed the subject, not wanting to let go of her newly discovered anger that took the place of the pounding in her head.

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