Those Texas Nights by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

SOPHIE PARKED UP the road a good quarter of a mile from Clay’s, pulling her car into an old ranch trail so that it couldn’t be easily seen, and she started walking. Her heart was pounding. Her mind racing with what she’d seen in that pink envelope.

It sickened her to think that the photos could be real, and she reminded herself that this could be some kind of prank. Something meant to upset her because of her connection to Clay.

If so, it’d worked. She was upset. And she needed answers.

Sophie hadn’t told anyone in her family about what was in the envelope. Not even Mila. She’d let her friend believe it was indeed from Clay though obviously Mila and Garrett realized something was wrong. Still, Sophie had put them off, saying she wasn’t feeling well and had then picked and nibbled at the meal.

Her lack of appetite and mood had backfired some, though. Because when she was helping to clear the table, she had heard Mary Lynn ask Belle if Sophie could be pregnant.

Great.

Now that rumor would be floating around town.

Sophie hadn’t called Clay because, thanks to Reena’s gossip, she knew he was supposed to be at his place with his sister, nephews and Brantley for their Thanksgiving feast. And he was, because the moment Clay’s house came into view, she saw Brantley’s car.

She ducked behind a tree to see if she could spot Clay through the window. That way she could get his attention, and he could come out for a quick chat.

Hopefully, one with quick answers that would explain all of this away.

Despite the sunny day, the temps were still in the forties, and while Sophie had worn a coat, it didn’t take long before she began shivering a little. It also didn’t take the chickens long to notice she was there. They came out from the bushes and, pecking the ground, they started in her direction.

There was some movement in the large bay window at the front of his house, but it was only the twins. They appeared to be giggling and were pointing at the chickens.

Oh, no.

She didn’t want the twins’ attention anywhere near the critters because the chickens were only a few yards away. And they were quickly pecking up the distance between them and her.

Sophie ducked even farther behind the tree and considered texting Clay so he could distract the boys and then come outside to see her. But before she could even get to her phone, April appeared in the window. And Brantley.

Then Clay.

Clay was the only one of the group scowling, no doubt because of the previous chicken attacks. But the boys, April and Brantley seemed absolutely enchanted by the poultry.

Poultry that were now only a few inches away from Sophie.

She couldn’t take the chance of peering out from the tree any longer because the humans might see her, so she stood there as still as she could manage. The chickens came, and they must have found some prime pecking material around her shoes because they hovered around her.

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