The Cowboy's Rules: 2 (Cowboys After Dark:) by Maggie Carpenter

Author:Maggie Carpenter [Carpenter, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Secrets Press
Published: 2014-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Cassie’s first stop was the local feed store, one of her favorite haunts. She could spend endless amounts of time viewing the latest items designed to make a horse’s life easier, warmer, cooler, more interesting, and so on. As she and Mickey entered the store, Mickey ran straight to the row of bowls featuring the various types of rawhide bones.

“Hey there, Cassie.”

The woman behind the counter, Vicki Marshall, had started the business thirty years before. Chad was one of her favorite people and best clients, and Cassie had taken an immediate liking to her. Vicki was smart, horse savvy, and had a wicked sense of humor.

“Pick whichever one you want, Mickey,” Vicki called across the room. Hearing his name Mickey pricked his ears and let out a happy bark.

“And what are you in for today, Cassie?”

“One of those dark brown leather halters. I bought half-a-dozen of them and one’s gone missing already,” she sighed.

“You just bought them last week,” Vicki frowned.

“I know, it’s a mystery. I’m sure it’ll turn up as soon as I buy a replacement, but then I’ll have one spare and that’s always good.”

“There over on that hanger where they were before,” Vicki nodded.

“And a large bag of carrots,” Cassie added as she moved towards the display.

“How did the clinic start off? Chad get a good group?” Vicki asked.

The question stirred the memory of the blond sex kitten holding Chad’s hand in the tack room, and Cassie felt a stirring of jealous anger.

“He’s got some beginners, and, uh, others,” Cassie replied, fighting the ugly feelings.

“I don’t know how he manages so many personalities and horses. He’s something else,” Vicki smiled.

“Not as smart as him though,” Cassie commented, nodding towards Mickey.

Mickey had selected the second largest size of bone and was walking towards the counter, the bone hanging perilously from a small corner he could grab with his teeth.

“Anything else?” Vicki asked.

“I don’t think so, but I’m going down the street for some coffee so something else might pop into my head.”

“I’ll still be here unless some good lookin’ cowboy comes in, locks the door and has his way with me,” Vickie laughed.

“You are incorrigible,” Cassie giggled.

“Yeah, but that’s what people love about me,” she grinned.

Cassie paid the tab, and helping Mickey find a more secure hold on his bone, she grabbed the halter, and throwing it in the car she walked to the cafe a few doors down.

It had been a while since she’d sat outside, drunk a latte and people-watched. There was a park across the street, and even though it was a weekday spring was in the air and people were out enjoying the weather.

She placed an order for her coffee and a croissant, and Mickey curled up beside her with his bone between his paws, hungrily attacking the large, white treat.

As she leaned back against the glass store front, she stared across at the park, trying to erase the image in the tack room from her mind.

I just have to talk to him…calmly. I do trust him, I do.

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