Reunited with the Sheriff by Belle Calhoune

Author:Belle Calhoune
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2013-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Tate combed his fingers through his dark mane of hair. “I’m not making excuses for almost kissing you, but seeing you, spending time together...it’s stirring up all kinds of emotions. I just don’t want us to get carried away and then regret it later.”

He made it sound as if kissing her would be a burden. A regret! Her cheeks burned with embarrassment. This was certainly the first time in her life someone had expressed regret about the possibility of kissing her. It prickled her pride and hurt her feelings at the same time. Right now all she wanted to do was make a quick exit and forget all about watching Fiddlesticks give birth. That way she could lick her wounds in private.

All of a sudden the stable doors flew open. A huge gust of wind blew inside, heralding the arrival of a figure draped in a soaking wet rain slicker. They stepped apart from each other, both acting as guilty as a fox raiding the chicken coop.

The hood of the rain slicker came down, revealing a disheveled looking Maggie Lynch. Her hair was coming undone from her bun and her glasses were fogged over with rain. Cassidy noticed she’d gotten a little rounder over the years and she was sporting a few gray hairs at her temples. Maggie had always reminded her of a beautiful china doll with her wide expressive eyes and her rounded cheeks. Nothing had changed in that regard. She was still striking.

“Tate, I came to tell you that they’ve upgraded the storm warning for this area. They’ve now issued a tropical storm warning,” she announced as she ambled toward them from the doorway. “It’s already raining like cats and dogs out there. I had no idea you had company.”

Her eyes went wide as soon as she got close enough to recognize Cassidy. She turned to Tate, a look of confusion overwhelming her doll-like features.

“Tate? What is she doing here?” Her voice came out hardened, rough around the edges. She didn’t sound at all the way Cassidy remembered.

Tate was eying his mother warily. “She came back home for a spell, Mama, to visit with her folks. I invited her to stay and watch the foal birth.”

Maggie’s gaze shifted back to Cassidy. She looked as if she’d had the biggest shock of her life.

Unsure of what to say or do, Cassidy’s home training took over. “Hello, Maggie.”

“Cassidy.” Maggie nodded her head in her direction, still looking a little dazed by her presence at Horseshoe Bend Ranch. “I haven’t laid eyes on you since the night of the accident when you picked Holly up at the house. The next time I saw my daughter she was lying broken and battered in an emergency room.” Her tone was terse and no-nonsense. “I didn’t see you at the hospital or the rehab appointments. You didn’t call the house once. Holly asked about you every day for three months straight. I just want to let you know you broke all of our hearts.

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