The Rancher's Texas Match by Brenda Minton

Author:Brenda Minton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

They hadn’t caught any fish on Wednesday. Afterward Macy had promised they would try again. She would even try baiting the hook. A day later she shuddered to think about it. But, for Colby, she would try. She just hoped today wasn’t the day. She had worked at the local library in the morning and the school in the afternoon. Now she was heading to the ranch to help pack.

Some people thought of small towns as slow-paced and lazy. She’d never been so busy.

She pulled up to Cabin One. Eleanor was sweeping the front porch. One of the boys was picking up a few bits of paper and trash that had blown into the yard. Macy joined them.

“Are you here for the joy of packing?” Eleanor asked, leaning the broom against the wall.

“Whatever you need me to do,” Macy offered.

“We need to start packing up toys and summer clothes. I have tubs that we can put them in and a permanent marker for labeling. The boys are going through things, deciding what they can do without for the next few weeks. You’d be surprised how much they’re willing to give up. And I’m willing to give up all the dishes. We usually eat a few meals here, as a family, but we’ll be eating all of our meals at the main house for the next couple of weeks. Until the move.”

“The Culpepper place doesn’t have cabins. How will that work?”

“There are three wings,” a voice, deep and familiar, said from behind her.

Was the man everywhere these days? He was like a sore toe. She didn’t used to notice him, but now she couldn’t help bumping into him every time she turned around.

She had to face him, or she’d be a coward.

“Good afternoon, Tanner.” There, she’d sounded nearly normal.

“Afternoon, Macy, Eleanor. I volunteered with Russell—” he grimaced as he said it “—to take a load to the Culpepper place. Do you have anything to load up here?”

“We do. I have the laundry room piled with boxes of nonessential items.”

“I’ll back the stock trailer up there and start loading.” He tipped his hat, as if that were the end.

Colby came running out of the cabin, letting the screen door bang shut behind him and earning him a warning look from Eleanor. But he wasn’t running to Macy. She realized that as he hurried past her to tug on Tanner’s hand.

Tanner smiled down at him. “Hey, Colby.”

“I dug up more worms.”

Tanner chuckled at that. “Did you? Well, now, we’ll have to see if we can put those worms to good use. But first we have to work. We’re going to move some things over to the new ranch.”

The smile on Colby’s face dissolved into a frown. “I don’t want to move.”

Tanner looked from the boy to Macy and then to Eleanor. “Why wouldn’t you want to move?”

Colby shot Macy a look and then leaned closer to Tanner. “Because I want to stay here.”

“But you can’t stay here forever. It’s a good resting place, Colby.

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