Whiskey Cowboy (Foster House) by Walker Rose

Author:Walker Rose [Rose, Walker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LE Publishing
Published: 2025-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

Iverson

I’m in the tack room in the back of the barn with my brothers. We just returned from replacing a few hundred yards of fence around the winter pastures, and we’re putting our gear away. Just like the barn that’s almost nice enough for guests when the lodge is full, the tack room is fancier than any home I’ve lived in.

Wooden saddle racks line one wall in two rows. Hooks filled with lead ropes, headstalls, halters, and bits decorate the adjacent wall, and custom cabinetry runs along the top. Opposite the saddles is a bench with supplies for the vet when she comes. It’s like a small clinic away from town.

“Did ya hear?” Haven asks, leaning against the bench. “Chef’s making his honey-glazed pork chops with peach salsa tonight.” He grabs his gut and moans. “Fuck me. I can’t wait for dinner.”

Haven has a bottomless pit for a stomach. “If the girls in town learn that they can get to you with food, you’ll be buying a ring in no time.”

“No girls in town are going to put up with our hours,” Haven grumbles, then grins. “But they can feel free to win me over with a few meals.”

Durban chuckles. “It’ll be raining casseroles around here.”

Haven moans again. “Don’t mention food. Nothing makes me hungrier than fencing on a hot day.”

My appetite has been gone for three weeks. Since I found out the woman I can’t forget is the most untouchable person on the planet.

To add to my shitty mood, yesterday, Myles Foster sent me another text with a higher amount for the old mine. As if his other offer wasn’t generous, this one’s high enough to make a guy pause. Am I doing the right thing holding on to that land? Would my dad come back from the other side and smack me for being an idiot? Foster’s offer is life-changing money.

But how would our lives change? I need those answers before I make a decision. My brothers aren’t aimless, but our options have been limited our entire lives. That land grounds us, while a windfall of cash would only attract the wrong attention. My brothers and I would be getting lured with a lot more than food if people found out.

Besides, none of us have Sunny’s education. She can probably take that amount and grow it, while all I can do is monitor it as it decreases.

I haven’t told Haven and Durban about the new offer yet. I will. Eventually.

“Think your girlfriend’s still out riding?” Durban asks.

Awareness prickles over my skin. The last thing I needed to see today was her swaying gently on the back of one of the working ranch horses. She picked Mildred, a red mare with a sweet disposition and a love for pleasure rides. Try to get Mildred to work cattle, and she was as dense as a box of marbles. As a result, she was probably the best choice in the pasture when Sunny wanted to go for a ride.

The memory of seeing Sunny and Mildred on the far side of the pasture sticks with me.

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