Winter Dreams by Simmons Trana Mae

Author:Simmons, Trana Mae
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, historical romance, winter, minnesota, sweet romance, sled dogs, grand marais, lake superior, cheap ebooks, bargain books, cheap reads, homespun, 99 cent ebook, iditarod, trana mae simmons, beargrease, duluth
Publisher: TM Simmons

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Chapter 13

Pure luck, Laura thought to herself as Judge Barstow helped her down the supply ship's gangplank. To cover up her indignant reflections, she directed a brilliant smile at the judge. Pure luck let her overhear Mrs. Barstow at the party, bemoaning the fact her husband had to make a trip to Grand Marais between Christmas and the New Year for some sort of emergency hearing. When Laura sought out the judge, he hadn't known much more than his wife — only that David Hudson had requested he come, and David had written that Tom Goodman would also deeply appreciate the judge handling this very important matter.

She hadn't minded cutting her trip short at all, since she'd constantly caught herself wondering what was going on back home the entire week she'd been gone. Well, wondering a little more about what one certain person was doing, but overall she missed her father, Cristy and Tracie, also. Oh, and David, too.

Not surprisingly, given the request for the judge's appearance in Grand Marais, her father hadn't shown up for Christmas Day at her friend's house. After that Laura had no qualms about sending Judge Barstow a note, telling him she would join him the next morning on the supply packet.

The judge checked his pocket watch. "It's almost one o'clock, Miss Goodman. I better get on over to the courthouse. Will you accompany me?"

"I believe I'll stop by my father's office and let him know I'm back early," Laura said. "I'll come over there after that."

"Your father may already be at the courthouse," Judge Barstow said.

"It'll only take me a minute to check. Thank you for the company on the trip."

"My pleasure, my dear."

The judge hurried away, and Laura followed at a slower pace. Judge Barstow was a very nice man, but he thought it good manners to keep her amused. She hadn't had a moment to herself during the trip. Not that it would have mattered, because she still had no earthly idea what would merit summoning a judge from Duluth. When the judge got a fair distance ahead of her, she quickened her own pace and arrived at her father's office a couple minutes later.

His secretary wasn't at her desk, and Laura could see her father's empty desk through his open office door. Just to be sure, she peeked into the other office. Then she hurried back to the walkway and a few doors down to David's office.

Papers strewn all around and law books open on every surface indicated David had been there recently. But his clerk's desk was empty, as was David's. A quiver of apprehension stole through her. The mess in David's office was unlike him. He usually stayed so calm and in control, even when working on an important case. Concern heightening, she left for the courthouse on down the street

Suddenly Laura halted in the middle of the walkway. She'd been so distracted she hadn't noticed the area around the courthouse before. Dogsleds, horses and sleighs surrounded it, with snowshoes and wooden skis setting against the front wall of the building.

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