Roping Ryan (The West Series Book 6) by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders [Sanders, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jill Sanders
Published: 2014-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Ryan stood on the other side of the door and listened to her conversation. He could only hear her side but understood immediately what she was so upset about.

She hadn’t known that her father had been an undercover narcotics officer. Like he was. He felt as if he’d been slammed in the gut. He took a few steps back and when his knees hit the couch, he sat and stared at the closed door.

He felt as if his eyes were open for the first time since he’d met her over a week ago. He should have known she was too perfect, at least for someone like him. He’d overheard her talking to her father about his kind of job and was disappointed when she’d said that it was the worst thing he could have hidden from her.

She’d been proud that her father was a PI, and she’d even boasted that he’d retired from being a detective, but the fact that he’d worked narcotics had sent her over the edge.

How did she feel about his job? He hadn’t thought it was an issue, but maybe it was?

He’d been a fool and was thankful he’d found out now, before he’d allowed his feelings for her to get any stronger. Standing up quickly, he walked back to the door and pulled on his soggy boots and jacket, grabbed the truck keys, and shut the door behind him.

He drove down the muddy road, unsure where he was headed but knowing that he needed some time to think and to readjust.

Earlier that morning he’d spent almost an hour on the unregistered phone with his superiors. For now, they wanted him and Nikki to stay put. They’d wanted to send a couple units to help them out, but he’d finally convinced his chief that they weren’t needed. He knew the job was dangerous. Hell, he even had a few holes in his hide to prove it. But he’d never stopped to think about what Nikki might think about it. He’d never worried about what anyone else thought before. Now it mattered and he couldn’t stop thinking about it.

He parked outside the Rusty Rail, the only bar within a fifty mile radius of Fairplay. He had only been there once before, when he and Reece were sixteen and had come to visit their cousins. They’d tried to sneak into the bar, figuring they didn’t know anyone in town so no one would notice. He could still remember being scolded by the owner for trying it.

Now he sat out in the truck and his stomach rolled at the thought of going in and drinking away his problems. His father had always done that. Then he’d come home and wailed on his kids for a while.

He had sworn he’d never be like his old man, so why had he come here at the first sign of trouble?

He leaned his head against the steering wheel and sighed. Turning on the old truck, he turned towards his brother’s place instead.

When he turned down the street, he noticed that all the lights were on.

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