The Rancher Wore Suits by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron [Herron, Rita]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2002-09-25T05:00:00+00:00

He found his grandfather in his study, sitting in his tall leather chair, holding his pipe, gazing out the floor-length window. He paused in the doorway and studied the older man’s profile, recognizing the angular lines of his father’s face in Grandfather Montgomery’s chin and jaw. Had his dad and grandfather argued over Ty’s mother? Was that the reason the Montgomerys had no pictures of his parents together? Had the Montgomerys signed Ty away the same way they did a business deal?

Had they thought about him at all the past thirty-two years?

“Dex?”

He jerked, realizing he’d been so troubled he hadn’t noticed his grandfather turn in the chair.

“Did you need something, son?”

Yes, some answers. “I just came by to talk.”

His grandfather’s eyebrows rose in question. Ty bit his cheek to keep from revealing his thoughts. Instead, he inched inside the room. Dark paneling molded the walls from floor to ceiling, and the built-in shelves behind his grandfather held medical books and journals as well as books relating to business. But it was the pictures on the right side of his grandfather’s desk that drew Ty’s eye.

“Good God, son, what happened to you?”

Ty rubbed the knot on his head. “I was distracted, and a racquetball nailed me.”

His grandfather stroked the long stem of the pipe. “You’ve seemed distracted since you returned from Chicago. Things didn’t go as you planned?”

That was an understatement. “No, not quite like I’d thought. But I’m still hoping things will work out.”

Ty indicated the photo of his father. “Dad’s graduation day?”

Grandfather Montgomery’s stern expression transformed into the first smile he’d seen on the man. “Yes, it was a proud day for all of us.”

“He practiced here in Atlanta?” Ty asked, hungry for details about his father.

His grandfather nodded. “For a while. Your dad needed the medical background to run the company. I tried to get him to quit and return to his rightful position as chairman of the board. He refused.” His grandfather’s fingers worked the pipe. “Such a waste. Your father was a born leader. Intelligent, well-spoken, a real charmer, too, especially with the ladies.” He leveled a look at Ty that spoke of sadness and love. “You’re a lot like him, Dex.”

Ty’s throat closed. Maybe Dex was, but what about him—Ty Cooper, the other son?

God, how he wanted to ask.

“He was happy in practice?”

His grandfather nodded curtly, crossing one suit-clad leg over the other. “He claimed he was, but he lost sight of the Montgomery dream for a while.”

“Because he had dreams of his own,” Ty supplied.

“Because he was young and foolish, and he let a woman lead him astray.”

Ty clenched his jaw. “You mean my mother?”

A hardness settled in his grandfather’s eyes. “You have to understand, son. Your father was the namesake of the Montgomerys. He should have been loyal to his family

“Maybe he needed something other than money and a big house.”

Anger tightened his grandfather’s jaw. “I only wanted what was best for him and the Montgomery family. And there were so many people, so many vultures ready to take whatever we had.

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