Unusual Inheritance by Rhonda Grice

Author:Rhonda Grice
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: romance, romance action romance book series, western action adventure romance, romance 1870s
Published: 2014-11-20T10:12:12.233128+00:00

Chapter Nine

Dinner tonight was one the best as far as Stormy was concerned. Carmen had really outdone herself. Garlic mashed potatoes, smothered steak, and beans. She pushed herself away from the table and spoke.

“Katie Marie, if you are done you may be excused. I have some business to discuss with Jake”.

“May I take my pie upstairs with me?” Katy asked as she said goodbye to Jed and Jake.

“Of course you can,” Stormy smiled and kissed Katy Marie.

Stormy looked straight at Jake and asked. “What was going on with Benjamin this afternoon? It appears from where I was standing you shoved him.” Jed, sitting across from her, quickly turned to Jake.

Jake’s eyes opened wide in surprise. “Well you are right. I did shove the old coot but he was being disrespectful and I won’t tolerate that.” Jake stood to his full height, nearly 6 foot 2 inches. It was obvious his feathers were ruffled.

Stormy suspicioned that Benjamin didn’t have a disrespectful bone in his body, but let it drop for now.

Jed spoke up as Jake was reaching for his hat. “Benjamin is just an old man. You shouldn’t have shoved him”.

Jake turned angry eyes toward Jed. “You weren’t there so I suggest you mind your own business and let me do my job!”

Stormy could see this was getting out of hand. “Okay, that’s enough. Let’s drop this for now, but if anything like this happens again we will discuss it further.” With that said Stormy scooted up to the table and put a spoonful of apple pie in her mouth. Jake sat back down and the men followed suit.

The next morning Stormy’s search through the supplies showed a few minor discrepancies but not much. However there were purchases made that were on the books that she had not been able to locate. Plus there was still the issue of the missing cattle. Could there be rustlers? She knew one thing for sure, she must investigate on her own until she knew more. If Jed, Jake, or anyone else was conducting any kind of shady business they would be gone in a heartbeat. Aunt Lucy’s legacy to her must remain intact.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door as Jed entered since it was already open. He removed his hat from his head and nodded to Stormy. “Afternoon”, he said. “ Just wanted to let you know that I checked on Benjamin and he is doing fine. He didn’t have much to say, but that’s Benjamin.”

“Thanks, Jed. I was going to go talk to him myself, but didn’t want any kind of retaliation being brought on him. I don’t believe for a minute that he did anything wrong. Sweet old guy,” she sighed.

Jed walked closer to Stormy and got within inches of her face. “Stormy, be careful,” he whispered. “I know you are looking into things because Benjamin shared that much. Ranch hands can be a rough bunch and most of them don’t like taking orders from a woman,” he reminded her.

“Oh, is that how you feel?” She blurted out.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.