Rescuing Her Ranch by Lisa Jordan

Author:Lisa Jordan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-11-01T18:07:49+00:00

Chapter Eight

Wyatt’s words stuck with Cole as he stood at the checkout at Regals Shoes.

What would it be like to have someone like Wyatt in his corner? Someone who understood the struggles of single parenting? Maybe he should check out that support group after all. He’d worry about that later. Right now he needed to check out and head back to work for a bit.

Yesterday, while getting Lexi ready for her follow-up at the pediatrician, she’d mentioned her shoes pinching her toes.

He’d come in to find Mrs. Regal marking down shoes and adding them to the clearance sale rack. After finding a pair of regular-priced brand-name shoes for Lexi, he’d cleared the clearance sale rack of kids’ shoes and carried the boxes to the front register until the display was empty.

Cole understood poverty and sacrifice. Until he had gone to live with Wallace after his mother’s death, going without had been the norm.

Getting shoes for his daughter had been his priority, but the great sale on the shoes gave him an opportunity to pay it forward and help some other kid from feeling less than.

“Your mama would be proud of you, young man. Hope you know that.” White-haired Mrs. Regal peered over the top of her glasses at him as she directed her scanner gun at another barcode.

“It’s for a good cause.” He eyed the growing stack of boxes. The total would still be less than the amount he spent on one pair of his own work boots, especially with the deep discounts she had marked.

“And you and your big heart, young man.”

The front door opened, and Mrs. Regal looked up from her register. “Hey, Nora.” Then her eyes widened. She dropped the scanner gun, rushed around the counter and hurried to the door, her arms outstretched. She wrapped Macey in a hug that nearly knocked the young woman off her feet.

“Macey Stone. Young lady, you are a sight for this old woman’s eyes. I heard you were back in town and hoped you’d stop in sometime.”

“Hey, Marla. How are you doing?”

“Sugar, I can’t complain. The good Lord watches over and protects me every day.” She released Macey and hustled back to the counter. “You two look around and I’ll be with you as soon as I’m done ringing up Cole here.”

“We just found the most wonderful dresses for the ball, and we’re looking for shoes to go with them.”

Cole’s heart jerked at the sound of Macey’s voice. He gripped the counter and tried not to let his eyes linger over the way Macey’s hair brushed against her red wool jacket.

He straightened as she headed to the counter, her eyebrows raised as she took in the multiple bulging bags at his feet. “Someone has a shoe weakness.”

Then she shot him a grin that nearly dissolved him into a puddle.

Get a grip, man.

Cole smirked and reached for a navy sneaker covered in white daisies. “Not quite my size.”

“Lexi’s going to be thrilled with so many pairs of shoes.”

“I admit to spoiling my daughter, but not like this.

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