Untold by Shannon Richard

Author:Shannon Richard [Richard, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Forever Yours
Published: 2017-09-04T18:30:00+00:00

Friday proved to be another long day for Finn as he’d had more first-of-the-year checkups. Though these horses hadn’t been on Whiskey Creek Farm and instead had been all over Mirabelle and the surrounding county. It was almost six when he and Frankie finally walked in the front door.

After feeding Frankie, Finn unloaded his pockets, setting his phone and wallet on the counter next to his keys. Then he headed directly for the shower. He needed to wash the barn smell and chill from his skin. He lingered under the hot spray for longer than usual, letting the water work over his back and hoping that some of the tightness in his muscles would wash away, too.

He headed downstairs twenty minutes later feeling a whole lot better. Well, except for the rumbling in his stomach as he was starving. He opened his refrigerator to find the exact same offerings as the day before. Why he thought it would be magically full, he’d never know. He’d meant to stop by the store on his way home…clearly that hadn’t happened.

“I guess it’s frozen pizza tonight,” he told Frankie as he pulled the box out of the freezer.

As he walked over to the stove his cell phone started ringing, vibrating against the counter where he’d left it earlier. He grabbed it, glancing down and seeing Brie’s name flashing across the screen.

And just that quickly he was grinning like an idiot. That day had been the first that he hadn’t seen Brie since she’d been in town. As the day had gone on, he’d definitely been aware of the absence.

He’d been exhausted just moments before, but as he slid his finger across the screen and put the phone to his ear, he suddenly got a second wind. “Hey. What’s going on?”

“Hi.” That one word came out slightly breathless, like she was nervous. “Are you busy?”

“Nope. About to make dinner.”

“Oh, well, I don’t want to bother you. I can let you go.”

“First of all, you are in no way bothering me.” He was starving and he’d rather talk to her than eat. “Second, it’s a frozen pizza, so it really doesn’t require that much brain capacity. What’s going on?” He repeated the question.

“So it would appear that the HVAC unit stopped working. The house has dropped to tundra temperatures and I can’t get the gas fireplaces to light. I was wondering what the odds were that you—or someone you know—know something about the latter? I don’t have high expectations about the former for the evening.”

“The odds are very high for the latter.”

“In that case, I don’t know how high your hopes were set on that pizza.”

“Not very high.”

“Then I have a proposition for you. You help me with the fireplace and you can have some Café Lula chicken potpie.”

“Deal.” He grabbed the pizza box and walked back to the fridge to put it away.

“Well, that took a lot of arm twisting.”

“Brie, I would’ve come over to help without the prospect of food. Dinner is just icing on the cake.

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