Cowboy Take Me Away (Rough Riders #16) by Lorelei James

Author:Lorelei James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: flashbacks, cowboy, romeo and juliet, erotic, western, mckays, family feud
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2014-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Hospital, Day 3—morning

Carson stared out the window.

Again.

He’d done solitary work a good part of his life. Normally he had no problem spending time alone. But he was really sick and fucking tired of his own company.

You’ve done this to yourself, even if it’s for Carolyn’s benefit.

His kids were sticking together as far as he could tell. None of them had called. None had stopped by.

They’d all rallied around their mother during his surgery a few months back.

But Caro didn’t bar them from contact with you. Not even after you coded on the table for two minutes.

But it wasn’t the same.

The nurses left him alone—not that he expected them to entertain him. He’d never been much of a TV watcher, and having the boob tube on, even low volume, grated on his nerves. But he was so…bored he’d turned the damn thing on just for the company.

“Uncle Carson?”

He turned to see his nephew Quinn struggling with three bags. He crossed the small space. “Here, lemme help you.”

“Thanks. The nurses already checked them.”

Carson peered inside. The two heavy canvas bags contained stacks of magazines and the third bag food.

“Libby raided the retired periodical stacks at the public library, lookin’ for men’s magazines. But don’t be hopin’ for Playboy,” he said dryly.

“I’m afraid I was the blush and stammer type if I ever came across those, even in my youth.”

“Me too.”

“Tell Libby thanks. The distraction will be good. Not a helluva lot to do in here.”

“Ma made you a couple of sandwiches and other stuff. To ‘tide you over’, she said.”

“Vi’s gone above and beyond. Tell her thanks too.”

“Sure thing.” Then Quinn plopped down. “Go ahead and eat if you’re hungry.”

Carson remembered he hadn’t eaten today. “You’re sure? Looks like there’s plenty to share.”

“I just ate breakfast with Ben and Gavin. They wanted me to let you know that you’re in their thoughts.”

He nodded and removed the first sandwich—roast beef on rye—from the sandwich baggie and took a big bite.

Quinn rambled on about the ranch, not delving into anything too serious. Carson was grateful for the chatter while he polished off a sandwich and a slice of rhubarb pie. Vi’s pies had the tastiest crust—not that he’d ever tell his wife that.

“I probably shoulda told you first thing that Adam and Amelia are both one hundred percent healthy. I heard the docs are concerned about even a simple infection somehow getting to her.”

“That’s good, especially for you and Libby. In our house it seemed like one of the kids always had some kinda crap.”

Quinn grinned. “That’s because you had three times as many kids as we do, three times as many germ carriers.”

“My brothers reminded us of that when we were lookin’ for babysitters.”

“You’ll never catch me complaining about my kids. Me’n Lib waited a long damn time for those blessings. For a while there…I wasn’t sure we’d make it, especially not after I realized she was serious about kickin’ my ass out.” Quinn adjusted his hat. “Sorry to be babbling on.

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