Texas Dare by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-07-22T13:56:19+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

MADDIE WAS ON pins and needles Saturday morning. It was worrying enough to know that Cort and Odalie were coming back. She’d have to smile and pretend to be happy for them, even though her heart was breaking.

But also she was going to have to face the developer. She didn’t know what King Brannt had in mind to save her from him. She might have to go through with signing the contracts to ensure that her poor cattle weren’t infected. She hadn’t slept a wink.

She and Sadie had coffee and then Maddie wandered around the house in her wheelchair, making ruts.

“Will you relax?” Sadie said. “I know it’s going to be all right. You have to trust that Mr. Brannt knows what to do.”

“I hope so. My poor cattle!”

“Is that a car?”

Even as she spoke a car drove up in front of the house and stopped. “Mr. Lawson, no doubt. I hope he’s wearing body armor,” she muttered, and she wheeled her chair to the front porch.

But it wasn’t the developer. It was Odalie and Cort. They were grinning from ear to ear as they climbed out of his Jaguar and came to the porch.

Just what I need right now, Maddie thought miserably. But she put on a happy face. “You’re both home again. And I guess you have news?” she added. “I’m so happy for you.”

“For us?” Cort looked at Odalie and back at Maddie blankly. “Why?”

They followed her into the house. She turned the chair around and swallowed. “Well,” she began uneasily.

Odalie knew at once what she thought. She came forward. “No, it’s not like that,” she said quickly. “There was a doll collectors’ convention at the hotel where the cattlemen were meeting. I want you to see this.” She pulled a check out of her purse and handed it to Maddie.

It was a good thing she was sitting down. The check was for five figures. Five high figures. She looked at Odalie blankly.

“The fairy,” she said, smiling. “I’m sorry I wasn’t honest with you. It wasn’t my great-grandmother’s picture. It was a collector’s. He wanted a fairy who looked like her to add to his collection, and I said I knew someone who would do the perfect one. So I flew to Denver to take him the one you made from the photograph.” Odalie’s blue eyes were soft. “He cried. He said the old lady was the light of his life... She was the only person in his family who didn’t laugh and disown him when he said he wanted to go into the business of doll collecting. She encouraged him to follow his dream. He’s worth millions now and all because he followed his dream.” She nodded at the check. “He owns a doll boutique in Los Angeles. He ships all over the world. He said he’d pay that—” she indicated the check again “—for every fairy you made for him. And he wants to discuss licensing and branding. He thinks you can make a fortune with these.

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