All Our Luck: Complete Irish Reverse Harem Series by Roxanne Riley

Author:Roxanne Riley [Riley, Roxanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Cillian

I’m normally a confident guy - some would say “cocky” - but I’m a bundle of nerves waiting for this hearing on our coding ordinance request to start. At least I take some comfort in the fact that we have almost everyone in my corner of the courtroom, and Lance is all by himself, as the lone challenger, over on his side.

As the bailiff calls out, “All rise!” I jolt to standing attention, and so do my brothers and Lucy, by my side.

“The Honorable Judge Brown will now hear the case,” the bailiff says. “You may be seated.”

“All right, I see some familiar faces here,” the judge starts out by saying, as he nods to Delia and her husbands. “I just want to say you guys have been doing a great things with that ranch. I love driving by it and knowing that there are some Irish guys making this small Texas town look good. I’ve heard tell that ya’all plan to make a dude ranch out of it with some of your neighbors, and I think it’s a great idea. Make sure you let me know when I can start helping you out by advertising it to whoever sets foot in their cowboy boots in this here courtroom of mine.”

“Thank you, Your Honor,” Delia gushes, while her husbands nod and squeeze her shoulders.

I flash Lucy a smile and see that she’s winking her sexy eye back at me.

We’ve got this in the bag.

“And who is this?” Judge Brown asks, glaring in Lance’s directions.

“I’m Lance-”

“I’d like Miss Delia to explain it to me,” the judge answers him. “I know her and I don’t know you.”

“Yes, your Honor,” Delia says, standing up to explain. “Lance is Lucy’s brother. Lucy is the person I’m trying to make the ranch with, along with my husbands here, and some other investors. Lance is here challenging the very thing we’re trying to do- to turn their land, and portions of my own, into a ranch, where people can come from Ireland- or anywhere, really- and appreciate this great Texas land and work on it with their own hands.”

I love the way she described it, and I can tell that Judge Brown did too, which is undoubtedly why she phrased things that way. She was speaking his language, for sure.

“And why in tarnation would you want to challenge that?” Judge Brown asks, addressing Lance again.

“Sir, I-”

“It’s your Honor,” the judge says. “And stand up when you address me.”

“Yes, sir, your Honor,” Lance says, his face reddening as he stands up. “I’m a part owner of the land that Lucy lives on. And it’s not properly zoned for commercial use.”

“Well now, are you wanting to be a partner in this amazing business they’ve concocted, or are you trying to stop it by raising zoning issues?” the judge demands, looking annoyed. “Because I can’t tell what you’re trying to argue.”

“I don’t think it should be turned into a dude ranch,” Lance says, stubbornly. “Or if it is, then I want my fair share.

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