Seducing Sawyer (Wishing Well, Texas Book 7) by Melanie Shawn

Author:Melanie Shawn [Shawn, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, western, Romance
Publisher: Red Hot Reads Publishing
Published: 2017-06-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Sawyer

“Virtue is its own punishment.”

~ Grant Turner

My feet pounded on the dirt path that ran parallel to the river as I took out my aggression through exercise instead of homicide. I wanted to kill Cooper. It wasn’t the first time that I’d had lethal thoughts when it came to one of my brothers, but it was the only time that I’d imagined the ways I could do it. And the worst part about it was, he hadn’t done anything wrong and he certainly didn’t deserve my murderous impulses.

I’d known exactly how he was going to behave and what he was going to be like when I’d texted him. And he’d lived up to my expectations.

As much as I knew that it was my doing, it still hadn’t been easy to endure. It was like amputating an infected limb or open-heart surgery; you know that it’s necessary for survival, but that doesn’t make the pain easier.

He’d shown up and it had become The Cooper Show. He’d flirted relentlessly with Delilah. He’d dominated the conversation. He’d made jokes that had her bending over in hysterics. I hadn’t liked it but knew it was a necessary evil. Until he’d asked her if he could buy her a beer. At that point all rational thought flew out of my head.

I knew I was being ridiculous. My brother didn’t know how I felt about her. He might have suspicions, but he didn’t know. No one did. Including her.

My phone rang and after checking to see who it was, I hit the answer button on my earphones. “Hey,” I answered, not breaking my stride.

“Hey, firstborn, where are you?”

“On a run. By the river.”

“I’m at your house. Your mother sent me.”

Great. She was sending in more reinforcements. After I’d left the fundraiser with Delilah, my mom had been extremely curious about how the rest of that night turned out.

What happened?

Where did we go?

Why did Delilah bid five thousand dollars?

When the answers I gave her didn’t satisfy her curiosity, she’d recruited backup. My brothers and their wives. My sister. Even Mrs. Higgins had asked me about Delilah after she’d come back from a lunch with my mom.

Now my dad was at my house.

“How long until you’ll be back?” he asked.

“About five minutes.”

“It’s hotter than blue blazes. You mind if I let myself in?”

“Go ahead.”

“Alright, see ya soon.”

I turned my music back on and ran even faster. Not because I was eager to talk to my Dad. I did want to get it over with, but I’d hit the turbo boost because I needed to burn off some of my frustration.

Chewy barked beside me, and I thought it was because I’d picked up the pace. He loved to let loose and go full speed. When he barked again I noticed that it wasn’t the acceleration that had caused his excitement, it was the family of ducks up ahead that were peacefully wading into the river. He shifted, positioning himself to run over and jump in.

“No” I clipped.

He whined as he fell back in step with me.

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