Cowboy Tough by Stacy Finz

Author:Stacy Finz [Finz, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2019-11-13T23:20:53+00:00

Chapter 11

“After dinner, you mind if we have a talk?” Jace asked Charlie as she set the table.

They were eating later than usual because he’d had to respond to a car versus tree on Peninsula Court. No one had been seriously injured, but the teenage motorist who’d caused the accident had been driving a group of high school seniors home after a “study session” and had blown an .08 on a Breathalyzer.

It made Travis’s suspension pale in comparison, though Jace wasn’t too happy about that either. He was proud that his son had put a bully in his place but wished Travis hadn’t resorted to fighting to do it. Even if he himself had been tempted a time or two to knock Ruben on his ass.

Tomorrow, first thing in the morning, he planned to drive Travis to Ruben’s house for a conversation about bullying and fighting. Ruben’s mom had her hands full working two jobs and raising that boy and his brother on her own. She didn’t need the extra worry.

The best place for Ruben was at school, not sitting home, figuring out more ways to get in trouble. Jace never understood why suspending a kid was a good idea. He could think of a dozen better punishments than giving a kid a free vacation.

“Okay,” Charlie said. “Is anything wrong? Should I have called you about Travis?”

“This doesn’t have anything to do with Travis.” Jace didn’t want to get into it before the kids came in to eat. But he also didn’t want to ambush her.

They exchanged glances and he saw Charlie’s face fall. He was pretty sure she knew he’d figured out who she was and where she’d come from. Good. The sooner they got this out in the open, the sooner they could come up with a plan.

Charlie pulled the roast out of the oven and Jace called the boys to supper. With Charlie, the household ran like a well-oiled machine. He didn’t know how she managed to fit in her projects while keeping everything so organized, including putting food on the table and shuttling the boys to and from their activities. Mrs. Jamison had been great, but Charlie seemed to have a better rapport with Travis and Grady. As far as Jace knew, they didn’t call Charlie “Yoda.”

Charlie had even tried to soft-pedal Travis’s suspension to him.

Of course he shouldn’t have been fighting, but he was standing up for that poor girl, doing what he thought was right.

They were both on the same page there.

Travis and Grady joined them at the table. Everyone helped themselves. He might not be able to pay the property taxes, but they sure ate well on the ranch.

Grady took a big bite and with his mouth full said, “I wish I would’ve seen Travis pop Ruben in the face.” He simulated a boxer and punched the air. “Pow!”

“Knock it off,” Jace told him.

Grady put his fists down and took a bite of his potatoes. “Is Travis grounded?” he asked with his mouth full.

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