Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins

Author:Beverly Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2021-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Spring slid quickly from Cheyenne’s back and ran to her brother’s office. A gaggle of people were out front. Pushing them aside, she yelled, “Get out of my way!” Ignoring their reactions, she reached the door, and, finding it locked, pounded on it like a woman possessed. Inside, Whit looked out the window.

“Open the door!” He quickly complied, and she entered. “Where is he?”

“Colt’s working on him now. He’s been in there awhile.”

“I want to see him.”

“Let your brother work. He doesn’t need you distracting him. He’ll come out when he’s done.”

Only then did she see her grandfather seated across the room. Ben was the one who’d found Garrett bleeding and unconscious in the road. After bringing him to town, he’d sent Odell to let her know about the shooting. Heart in her throat, she’d ridden off, leaving Odell to follow at his own pace. “Thank you for bringing him here.”

Ben nodded.

“Did you see who shot him?”

“No. Whoever it was is either gone or hiding out of sight in the trees. From the amount of blood on him, I don’t think he’d been in the road very long.”

That gave her hope. She turned to Whit. “Ketchum did this. I know it as well as I know my name, and it’s because of what happened at Glenda and Arnold’s party.”

“I wasn’t there, so tell me what happened.”

She did and when she finished he said, “Thanks, but I’ll need evidence, Spring.”

She had all the evidence she needed in her bones, and if Garrett died . . . She forced her mind away from that terrible possibility.

Whit told her, “I’ll question Matt, but I can’t charge him without a solid reason.”

“He shot him in the back, Whit!”

“I understand. Nothing lower than that. Nothing. But you’ll hang if you take the law into your own hands.”

He knew her well. Fury made her want to hunt Matt down and treat him to a few well-placed bullets of her own. “Even if you do have solid evidence, Garrett’s a Colored man. The courts aren’t going to care.”

“I’ll do everything in my power to make sure they do. I promise you. If you hang it’ll break Regan’s heart,” he said solemnly.

“Thanks for that,” she countered coldly.

“It’s all I have, Spring. I know you! Don’t take this on yourself. Let me do my job.”

He turned to Ben. “Where exactly did you find him?”

Ben explained, adding, “I tied a bandanna to one of the trees to mark the spot. I figured you’d want to take a look around.”

“I do. Maybe I can find something that might narrow down who did the shooting. Spring, you’re welcome to come along and help me look. Two pairs of eyes are better than one.”

She agreed.

A pounding on the door heralded Odell’s arrival. The curious crowd remained out front. Whit let him in.

Upon seeing Spring, his first words were, “Oh good. You’re here.”

“Where’d you think I’d be?”

“Already out gunning for Ketchum. The way you and Cheyenne took off, I was worried.”

The concern in his eyes mirrored Ben’s, so she said to him, “Whit says he’ll handle things.

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