The Cowboy's Family (Family Ties Book 2) by Carolyne Aarsen

Author:Carolyne Aarsen [Aarsen, Carolyne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Misty Ridge Publishing
Published: 2019-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Tricia heard the men’s voices in the kitchen and took her time with the children, playing with them as she cleaned them up. She guessed Mason and Kane were discussing Perry and the afternoon’s confrontation.

Right about now she didn’t want to face either of them.

So she dragged out the bedtime, reading every favorite book and the new ones Faith had bought the twins.

By the time they had exhausted their library almost an hour had passed, and she didn’t hear the murmur of voices anymore.

Thankfully, the twins were finally tired out. So she tucked them in, kissed them, then sang the lullaby her mother always sang to her. She smiled as they yawned then curled up together on the bed. While she watched, perched on the side of the bed, they fell asleep, their hands twitching, their breathing slowing and deepening.

They looked so utterly adorable and so utterly helpless it made her heart clench.

She had to protect these kids. Had to take care of them.

The specter of Perry hung like a malevolent cloud over her. Yes, Mason had protected her and sent him away, but the fact that Perry had tracked her all the way down here unnerved and frightened her.

Tricia covered her face with her hands, fear slithering like a snake through her belly.

Help me, Lord, she prayed. Help me keep my kids safe. Forgive me for getting involved with Perry. Forgive me for thinking he was the one who would help me.

She sucked in a quick breath, trying to still her pounding heart. She knew she had to keep it together. Protect her children and get her life free of Perry.

Should we move away from Tall Timber? Get away from Kane’s subtle condemnation? Start over? What if Perry finds us, wherever we go? Who will take care of us then?

The questions roiled through her mind echoing, taunting and teasing.

Kane had always challenged her on her plans, trying to get her to nail down a definite beginning and end point, but how could she? She didn’t know how long it would take her to train the horses to where she could sell them for more than she paid for them.

Three months? Four?

And then? Could she really go back to school? Move away and be on her own?

But could she stay here and be exactly the person Kane had often accused her of being when they were young? Spoiled and entitled?

She pressed her hot cheeks in her hands, struggling to sift fact from emotion from perception.

A light knock on the door broke into her scrambled thoughts.

A quick blink and check in the mirror above the wooden dresser showed a flushed face and bright eyes and a tangled mop of hair. Had she really looked this messy during dinner? Sitting right across from Mason? Was that him now?

She pulled the elastic band out of her hair, finger-combed the snarled curls, and rearranged them in a somewhat neater loose topknot. Sucking in a breath, she walked to the door and pulled it open.

But it was Kane who stood in the hallway.

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