Texas Passion by Sara Orwig

Author:Sara Orwig
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626817685
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2015-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“What did you say?”

Again she was surprised by the force of his question. Why did he seem so angry all of a sudden? “Pa bought a place from a man who’s leaving Texas. He was selling his herd, too.”

“How in blazes could your pa ride into town and within hours become owner of a house and cattle?”

Dan’s skeptical, angry voice surprised her. She reminded herself that he was leaving town and whatever was ahead in her life, Dan was no part of it, so she couldn’t concern herself with his reaction. She lifted her chin. “Pa met Horace White and Pa asked him about cattle and land. Mr. White made Pa an offer he had to take. I wanted him to take it,” she said in a low, forceful voice, and Dan’s eyes narrowed.

“Your pa hasn’t had time to go look over a herd and a house.”

“No. But he asked townspeople about Horace White and he went to the land office and looked at the deed and maps. Mr. White wants to leave for good tonight and he was going to have to sell out for a lot less than he did to Pa. Pa had to give him a decision this afternoon.”

“You made the decision,” Dan said quietly.

“I influenced Pa’s choice,” she said, feeling tension mount between them. Dan was unhappy over their purchase, and she couldn’t understand why. “I wanted him to take it. This is more than we ever dreamed possible. It’s two-thousand head of cattle, wells on the place, a fork of the river running across the land, and a house. And Pa will have money left to hire enough men to take care of everything.”

Feeling as if lightning had struck him, Dan stared at her while he silently told himself he had been a fool to wait to arrest Eb Kearney. He should have done it as they rode into town. Anger boiled in him over his own soft-heartedness.

“Dammit,” he said, and she tilted her head to look at him.

“Why are you so fired up all of a sudden? You’re like a snake poked with a stick.”

Clenching his fists, Dan stared at her. He had been taken in by Rachel, dazzled by her spirit and beauty, his heart stolen by the boy and little girl. He turned and walked away from Rachel. If he arrested Eb Kearney now that he owned land, Rachel would try to run the place herself. And every unscrupulous man in the next ten counties would be after her. Rachel and Abigail wouldn’t last a month. None of them would. Ruthless men would take the women and sell the little girl. Dan knew Josh would fight to his last breath to defend Rachel. “Damnation,” he muttered under his breath.

He spun around to catch her staring at him with curiosity. “Why did White sell so all-fired fast?”

She raised her chin, and Dan felt a chill run down his spine because he knew that look now. It meant Rachel was ready for a fight.

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