You Can Have My Heart, but Don't Touch My Dog by Dixie Cash

Author:Dixie Cash
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, cozy mystery, humorous contemporary romance, Texas, cowboy hero, humorous western romance
Publisher: Anna Jeffrey Books
Published: 2016-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

During the long, silent drive to the Flying C, Nick’s thoughts and emotions churned. Those women were never going to give Buster up. It was time to take control of the situation. He knew where the aunt lived. He would have no trouble coaxing the dog to come to him. He turned his truck around and headed back to Salt Lick.

Driving by Edwina and Vic Martin’s mobile home, he concluded no one was at home. He studied the mobile and the yard around it. Neatly kept, large lot, fenced back yard with a gate into an alley and an open fenced pasture beyond. All he had to do was wait for the right opportunity. He parked at the end of the alley behind a large mesquite tree, hoping he was concealed, and waited.

Twilight came and still no one was at home. Those women probably all went to eat supper somewhere or maybe they went out for a night on the town. But what town? Salt Lick had no night life. If they went out, they would have to go to another town. And would they take Sandi’s dogs with them or leave them locked up in the beauty shop? Neither scenario sounded logical.

He shifted in his seat, hoping they showed up soon. His back ached, his butt ached and he was starting to feel tingles in his feet. The consequences of old football injuries plagued him every day. He’d had concussions, sprains, broken bones and a back injury. He’d had surgeries on his back and both knees.

Added to that, since those days, he had spent many of his waking hours on horseback in all kinds of weather. That probably hadn’t done his body a lot of good either, but he had always been a cowboy and it was the profession he had chosen for his adult life. He couldn’t imagine doing anything else.

He stepped out of his truck and walked around it, hung onto the tailgate and did a few squats, then climbed back inside.

Soon after dark, lights came on in the mobile home. The back door opened and Sandi and Buster came out into the back yard. Buster’s head turned toward him, his nose in the air. He began to bark. Shit! The dog had his scent.

He made sure his truck’s automatic headlights were off, then fired the engine, backed out of the alley and made his way to one of the two gas stations in Salt Lick. There, he ate a hot dog and visited the men’s room.

He soon returned to his vigil. Sandi Walker sneaked into his mind. She was an interesting woman. Good-looking, great body, obviously smart and loyal. Though they had clashed over Buster, he suspected she was honest to a fault. They had some things in common and she would make a good companion.

He couldn’t recall the last time he’d had those thoughts about his female acquaintances. The fact was, for a long time, he hadn’t looked for anything in women other than the obvious.

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