Come Home to the Country by Lacey Davis

Author:Lacey Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781959689874
Publisher: Virtual Bookseller, LlC

CHAPTER 11

When Cal got home that evening, he went looking for Lillian. He ran into Nathan in the kitchen.

“Hey,” he said, glancing up from the dinner he was fixing. “How do you feel about spaghetti tonight? Later, I want us all to sit down and talk. We need to discuss this situation with the ranch. My father gave me some insight.”

“My grandfather gave me some insight, too, and he wants to see Mr. Bradley and remind him of their agreement. If he doesn’t get Lillian to back off, he will tell everyone something. He wouldn’t tell me what the big secret was, but he was not happy that Lillian was dragging this up.”

Nathan stood over the stove, frying the meat to go into the sauce bubbling on the next burner. A big pot of water was boiling for the noodles, and he had French bread buttered with what looked like a garlic spread on it, ready to go in the oven.

The man knew how to cook, and Cal always enjoyed when he prepared their dinner. But where was Lillian?

He wanted to tell her his grandfather wanted to see Paul and that there was something they were hiding. Something that would hurt her grandfather, so she should back off and let the past remain hidden.

“I spoke to my parents today. They were in Italy exploring Rome. My father said that years ago, there were rumors that the ranch was lost in a weekly poker game and that Paul Bradley was a drunk who liked women. The rumors were that Ronald decided to get even with Paul for having an affair with his wife. He’d always wanted the ranch, so he got him drunk, and the stupid man gambled away his family’s home. Ronald insisted that Paul and his family be out as soon as possible. After they left town, the rumors died, except for the one about Ronald and his wife. Not long after the supposed affair, she died.”

Cal stared at his friend. “Your father said that Paul was a drunk who lost the ranch in a poker game to my grandfather? That my grandmother died not long after that? Grandfather said she never lived here.”

If she had been alive, why had she never moved in with him? Where had she lived? His father and grandfather had not gotten along because of the drugs, but his grandfather and grandmother had lived in separate houses. She died not long after Grandpa obtained the ranch, but he’d never heard they weren’t living together.

“There is something not right here. As much as I hate to admit it, I think Lillian could be right in finding out what happened,” Nathan said, putting the bread into the oven.

Fear twirled through Cal. What if she could prove that her grandfather had been wronged by the man that he adored? Sure, he was a stubborn old cuss, but he’d taken him in when he had no place left to go. He’d raised him. Fed and clothed him and

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