Stealing Sarah: a Cowboy Fairytales spin-off (Triple H Brides Book 3) by Lacy Williams

Author:Lacy Williams [Williams, Lacy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Lacy Williams Books LLC
Published: 2017-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

They didn't make it back to the office by suppertime.

They’d loaded up from a house call out past the county line and his stomach was gurgling again when her phone rang.

He was going to crack a joke about Sarah's work habits when she rang off with the call service, but before he could even get a word out, her shoulders slumped. It was slight, but he still noticed.

"What's wrong?" he asked quietly.

She only shook her head, her hands gripping the wheel until her knuckles were white. “We have to take this call.”

He nodded.

He expected to pull off the road and drive up to a barn, but all his expectations were blown out of the water when they turned down a dirt road and viewed the scene.

Two sections of fence were down along the road. An older model truck was in the ditch, one tire blown out and the front fender crushed. Another truck was parked over the center line behind it all.

In the middle of the road, an injured horse lay on its side.

It was bad. He might not have a degree, but he’d worked with horses for years and even without seeing Sarah’s tight expression, he knew. The horse wouldn’t make it.

Darkness was falling, and Sarah left her headlights on, illuminating the scene as they got out of the truck and approached. A man who must have been the horse's owner stood near the horse, face drawn. In the ditch, two teen girls stood holding onto each other, crying quietly. The ones who’d caused the accident? At least they looked uninjured.

One of the horse's front legs was crushed from the shoulder down. Blood flecked the foam at its mouth.

There was nothing to be done but to put the animal down.

And yet Sarah knelt beside it, used her stethoscope to listen to its vital signs, ran her hand along its neck in a calming manner.

Chase stood by helplessly, holding her bag.

The headlights sparkled on tears standing in the rancher's eyes.

Sarah's compassion shone through as she spoke to the rancher in low tones. The man didn't walk away, let her do all the hard work. Instead, he knelt next to the horse's head as Sarah administered an injection. The rancher wiped his eyes.

Chase had his own ball of emotion strangling his chest. He'd worked with his horse, Calypso, for seven years now. They were friends. Understood each other. If this had happened to his horse, he sure wouldn't be as composed as the rancher.

Sarah was professional and sympathetic the entire time. He felt helpless as she packed up her things, made a call to someone who would pick up the animal.

Chase he met her at the tailgate. "I'll drive," he said, not leaving her another option. He'd never driven her truck before. She hadn't let him and he hadn't pushed, but he could see how shaken she was.

She gave him the keys without comment, rode silently back to the clinic, staring out the window the whole time. The tablet she usually made notes on lay abandoned on her lap.

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