Wild as the Wind: A Country Dirt Road Romance (The Dawson Brothers Book 2) by Jessica Mills

Author:Jessica Mills [Mills, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2017-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Ted

I don’t know why I expected her to come after me, but deep down inside I hoped she would. It solidified the fact that she was done with me and no amount of my apologizing was going to make it better. I was a real asshole for spilling my guts only to be refused, but she can’t say I didn’t try and that whole long, drawn out issue over apologies was over as far as I was concerned.

I went through our side gate and hurried my steps toward the office. I had so much work to catch up on and I’d wasted enough time for the day.

With all intentions of getting back to work, I found Luke in the office on his phone. He glanced over and held up a finger in a wait a moment gesture. I sat in my chair as he finished his call and tried to put Lauralee’s blank stare out of my mind. It wasn’t likely the last image I’d ever see of her, but I’d never forget it.

“Guess who’s coming home next weekend,” Luke said shoving his phone back in his pocket. It wasn’t like my search for answers was going to take too long considering David was the only person we knew that had flown the coop, so he didn’t give me any time to respond. “David and Sarah are stopping in on their way back from Dallas. That son of a gun has been meeting some major country music stars. He rattled on about them like they were the same as anyone else. Lucky bastard.”

I couldn’t help not being impressed. I’d never given two shits about famous people and even less about country music. I liked my fair share of rock, but music wasn’t ever a big deal to me. I preferred the sound of nature, like water in a stream, bubbling softly over rocks, or birds chirping on a spring day. Maybe that’s why me and David weren’t that close other than our ages. He’d spent his time playing his guitar and singing while I spent mine chasing after Lauralee.

Maybe he’d had the right idea all along, because his hobby had turned into a career, while my pastime had proven a colossal waste. Him coming home was another reminder of the failure I was, and I couldn’t even say I had the farm duties under control. I’d taken a huge step backward allowing Lauralee to come on, and should have been smart and hired two men from the start.

“What’s the matter with you?” Luke’s tone gave me a verbal nudge out of my head.

“Nothing.” I wasn’t good at spilling my guts, not even to my baby brother who spilled his to anyone who’d listen.

“You know you can talk to me. You’re terrible at keeping things bottled up.”

“Apparently I’m terrible at many things. Farming, computers, romance, apologies, pouring my heart out, and last but not least, people in general.”

“You’re not so terrible at farming, and computers is totally not your fault, but I have a feeling that romance and apologies are what’s really eating at you.

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