Silk and Spurs (Rough and Ready Book 1) by Cheyenne McCray

Author:Cheyenne McCray [McCray, Cheyenne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cheyenne McCray LLC
Published: 2016-07-07T21:00:00+00:00

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When Zane returned with a glass of water, his gut tightened as he watched Jessie when she swallowed and took a long drink.

She set the glass down and met his gaze. “Thank you.”

“That scared the hell out of me.” He searched her gaze as he tried to sort out how much the accident had affected him and why. “I—damn.” He rubbed his eyes with his thumb and forefinger.

“Are you up for lunch?” she asked. He had the feeling she was trying to get their minds on something else. “I’ll put something together.”

“I can do it.” He released her hand and gestured to the kitchen table. “You sit.”

“Okay,” she said, “I’ll get my laptop out and look at some of these shots. The memory card is inside the camera and wouldn’t have been damaged.”

He took out the leftover spaghetti and meatballs that she’d fixed last night and began to warm it up. He put a large plate of the spaghetti in the microwave then came up behind her and rubbed her shoulders while looking at her pictures as she went through them.

“I love these,” he said. “They belong in a magazine.”

“Why thank you.” She smiled up at him. “It helps when you have such amazing subject matter.”

“There’s Phoebe’s place.” He pointed to the screen. “That’s a great shot.”

Jessie suddenly shut the laptop.

“What are you doing?” he asked, wondering at the odd look on her face as well as her actions. “I want to see the rest of them.”

“That’s ok,” Jessie said. “Why don’t we eat?”

“It’s not ready yet.” He tried to sort out what was going on. “Let’s look.”

Jessie bit the inside of her lip, worrying it between her teeth.

He frowned as he studied her. “What’s wrong?”

She looked concerned. “I wasn’t going to show you these but I guess you have the right to know.”

His frown deepened as he wondered what made Jessie so hesitant. “Show me.”

She opened the laptop and the screen came back up with the photograph of Phoebe’s place. He was quiet as she went through the ones she had taken of Phoebe. She came to the first one of Phoebe kissing another man.

Zane went rigid as he studied the picture. His mind seemed to fog before his thoughts started to crystalize.

“This was shot the day I went to her house to take pictures.” Jessie glanced over her shoulder at Zane. “Before you broke it off with her. I happened to be taking photos from a hillside. I thought I’d get a few candids of her. I never expected to see a man come out and kiss her.”

“Are there more?” His thoughts had sharpened but his throat was tight as he asked the question.

She nodded and brought up each picture on the screen that she had of Phoebe and the man. “It doesn’t look innocent.”

“It sure as hell doesn’t,” Zane said, then was surprised that he no longer cared.

“Who is that man?” she asked.

“I don’t know,” Zane said, “and I don’t really give a damn.”

“I’m sorry,” she said.

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