The Wrong Bride: A Christmas Mail Order Bride Romance (Brides and Twins Book 3) by Dean Natalie & Hart Eveline

Author:Dean, Natalie & Hart, Eveline [Dean, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Kenzo Publishing
Published: 2017-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

It was nearly sunset when Elijah Rhodes made his way out of the hotel. The streets of Laramie were dark and nearly deserted. The only light shone from the new saloon building which also produced the distant sound of laughter and poorly played piano music.

Elijah passed it and made instead for the small building on the saloon’s right-hand side. The building that held the hastily built office of the newly formed Laramie Gazette.

Sam Jenkins, a former farm hand at the Miles Ranch just outside of town started the paper just one month before. It consisted of only one page and hand full of articles.

He knew that Sam could not afford to turn down any hint of news. And this was the closest Laramie had ever come to having a major scandal.

Elijah approached the door and knocked, praying Sam had not set the type for the morning paper yet.

Luckily the door opened quickly. That told Elijah that Sam had been at his desk when he’d knocked. That meant the young man was still writing.

“Pastor!” Sam said, eyes widening in surprise. “What can I do for you?”

Sam was young and wiry with ruddy skin, bright hazel eyes and dark hair. He looked like the sort of boy who would be at home on a ranch but, certainly not in a newspaper office.

“I think I may have a story for you,” Elijah said. “May I come in?”

“Of course!” Sam said, eagerly ushering the pastor in. “Right now, my lead in for tomorrow’s paper is the horse auction. I’ll take anything else you can give me.”

“Good,” Elijah said.

Sam returned to his desk, and Elijah moved to sit in a small chair just in front of it.

“Now, what’s this you’ve got to show me?” Sam asked.

Elijah produced the article which Sam took and spent more than enough time reading.

Agatha had written most of it. Elijah had only added things to soften the bits of information he thought the residents of Laramie might find disturbing or upsetting about her.

Though the article did not mention Luke Crenshaw’s affair with Agatha, it did insinuate that he had a habit of preying upon poor young women. Something Mrs. Matthews and widows like her in the town would not take kindly to.

Sam read the article over several times, his eyes growing wider each time.

“And you have proof of these accusations?” Sam asked finally, looking up at Elijah.

“I do,” Elijah said. Dutifully, he produced the pages of the book Agatha had given to him. “That should be enough to prove theft from his former employer. The rest is word from my fiancé. But, I can promise you that she is telling the absolute truth.”

Sam looked up at him for half a moment before setting the papers down next to the article on his writing desk.

“Well, I suppose if you can’t trust the word of a pastor you can’t trust anyone,” he said. “But, I’ll have to send a telegraph to a friend of mine in New York to be sure. He works near Angelica.

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