Snowed in with the Rancher: Christmas Cowboy Romance with Unexpected Twin Daughters by Mary Sue Jackson & Leslie North

Author:Mary Sue Jackson & Leslie North [Jackson, Mary Sue & North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

A week later, Olivia stood looking at what had been the living room of the house she was supposed to be living in by now. The floors were missing, and the walls were torn down to the studs. Meanwhile, her belongings from Washington were wedged into a very expensive storage unit ten miles up the road in the next town.

“So we'll need to lay new boards, then finish them, replace the drywall, float and tape it, texture coat and paint.” Jake continued his explanation before leaning toward her. “And you didn't hear this from me, but you should insist that Mrs. Anderson get the rewiring done before we start putting up the drywall. This knob-and-tube is about thirty years past when it should have been replaced.” Folding up the piece of paper with the list of tasks, he tucked it in his pocket and gave her an earnest look. “I'm not trying to get more money, I'm really not, but it's not even allowed by code to leave that wiring in—for good reason. I won't turn her in because she owns half the rentals in town and I need the business, but if the town inspector catches wind of it, she'll fine old lady Anderson a lot more than the cost of the replacement.”

Olivia's head throbbed. As always, she'd been trying to put a positive spin on this. And truly, most days she could find the bright side of things, if she looked hard enough. However, this week had been a doozy, even by her standards.

“Is there any chance of another rental in town?” she asked. “I think I'd have better luck getting her to let me out of the lease than getting her to spring for new wiring.”

Jake gave a sharp bark of laughter, then sobered when he saw she was serious. He scratched the back of his neck, clearly uncomfortable. “Last time someone tried to break one of Mrs. Anderson's leases, she took 'em to court. They won, but not before she dragged things out so long that they ended up paying ten grand in lawyer fees. Would have been cheaper to just pay her the rent.” He smiled sympathetically. “Besides that, she's the only landlord in town unless you want to go out to the mountains.”

Olivia sighed. “Okay, I'll talk to her about the wiring, but will you do what you can to keep things moving along? It's hard on my girls not to have a real house, and with everything in storage, things are stressful for all of us.”

Jake looked perplexed. “I've been up to Tate's place, it's real nice.”

“It is, but it's not our house. You understand, I'm sure.”

He nodded, although she didn't think he really got it.

As she drove back to Thomas and Lucy's, where she'd left the girls while she ran errands for the afternoon, Olivia thought back over the last few days. Since the first night when she'd told Tate they should work at getting back to their normal habits, he'd seemingly done exactly that.

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