The Eureka City Bride by Cynthia Woolf

Author:Cynthia Woolf [Woolf, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781954996564
Publisher: Firehouse Publishing

The following Thursday, after Reese left for work, Vivien dressed and fixed her hair in a neat bun at her nape. She had an appointment to see the saloon with Grady. She’d been in one but didn’t do any looking around. He would show her the operation during the day when no one else was there. That was okay with her, because she just wanted to see all of the inside just once.

She stepped outside and suddenly felt a terrible pain in her head and the world went black.

“Fern, are you sure this is the right thing to do? What if she dies?” Rocky slapped the reins against the horses’ backs.

Fern watched the animals as they tried to eat whatever vegetation they could find beside the road. “Rocky, that’s the idea. She needs to die. Reese won’t come to me in need of consoling if she lives.”

She knew she hurt him, but she wasn’t in love with Rocky and no matter how much he loved her, she simply couldn’t return the emotion. Her heart belonged to Reese and she was sure, with Vivien out of the way, he would be more receptive to her love.

Rocky sighed. “If you say so. You know I’ll do anything for you.”

Fern reached up and patted the man’s cheek. “I know, and I appreciate it very much. How much farther to this cabin?”

“It’s just a shack and it’s off the road around the next bend. It’s more than twenty miles from town. Even if she wakes up, she’ll die before she reaches Eureka.”

She rubbed her hands together. Soon Vivien will be dead and I’ll have Reese. “Good. I don’t want blood on either of us. We also need to be each other’s alibi. You took me out for a picnic as part of our courtship.”

“Where’d we go for this picnic?”

“Good question because you know Reese will ask. We’ll say we were in the mountains, to avoid the heat.”

“Okay. Mountains to avoid the heat. Got it.”

The cabin was a shack, just like Rocky told her. He pulled up out front and came around where he lifted his arms toward her. She had to admit, he was quite the gentleman and that in itself was hard to find. At least for her. Vivien probably didn’t have any trouble with men treating her like a lady. Maybe, rather than kill her, Fern should take some lessons from her. Too bad, but that can’t happen. She’s got to die. Fern would give her a few days and then come back and untie her. Afterward she could let Reese know where she was because he had to be the one to find her. He had to need consoling…by Fern.

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