Tina Leonard - A Callahan Outlaw's Twins by Tina Leonard

Author:Tina Leonard [Leonard, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The babies were born six months later, on a warm July day when Kendall no longer thought about the frightening night in the frozen canyons. Two baby boys were placed in her arms, and it was such an amazing moment—so perfect in every way—that the only thing missing was Sloan.

She’d heard very little from her husband since she’d left. Living in Hell’s Colony was so much a world away from Rancho Diablo that Kendall missed him all the time.

At the same time, she’d known what their marriage was from the very beginning: temporary.

“He’s going to love you,” she told her sons. “You’ll be proud that you have such a big, strong daddy.”

Jonas came into the nursery to examine his nephews. “Always amazes me that such tiny things grow up to be cowboys, and putty for the fairer sex.”

Kendall smiled. “Sounds like a man who loves his family.”

“Yeah.” He sat on a blue-cushioned rocker. “Does Sloan know?”

She nodded. “We don’t talk much. He doesn’t want me...me being tracked here.” Kendall hated to admit it, but maybe it was time. “When I was kidnapped, I made the mistake of revealing that all of you had gone.” It felt good to get the confession off her chest. “Jonas, I’m so sorry.”

“If it hasn’t mattered in six months, nothing’s going to change now,” he said, and Kendall knew he was trying to make her feel better.

“The thing is, if the people who want to find your parents can locate me, they can track you.”

“I know. Sloan told me everything. Don’t worry about it.” Jonas unwrapped a blue cigar from a candy bouquet and munched on it. “What did you name them?”

Kendall looked at her sleeping boys. They were wrapped in little white T-shirts, and wore tiny white socks with blue stripes on their feet. “Carlos Gilchrist Chacon Callahan and Isaiah Sloan Chacon Callahan.”

Jonas smiled. “Impressive handles for them to grow into.”

She nodded, feeling horrible about endangering her friends. “How’s the bunkhouse?”

“Going up. Looks great. After the harsh winter we had, things got slowed down quite a bit. But your detailed notes and plans have kept the project moving smoothly.”

“You’re trying to make me feel better.”

“That’s something I never do, waste words on employees to make them feel better.”

She needed to hear that. Was glad to know her work was valued. Yet it had been easy for her to become a liability. “I have a flat in Paris.”

“We don’t have to go anywhere, Kendall,” Jonas said. “This place is a compound. The wives and kids are safer here than just about anyplace. Plus the security is beefed up. Eventually, our friends are going to slip up, and your husband and my cousins are going to be on the bad guys like stink on horse crap. Quit worrying so much.”

“I’m going to Paris,” Kendall said. “I can work from there.”

“There’s no reason to do that,” Jonas said. “They’re not going to find you here, Kendall.”

She wasn’t worried about being found. “If I’d left when Sloan asked me to, none of this would have happened.

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