Destiny's Last Bachelor? by Christyne Butler

Author:Christyne Butler [Butler, Christyne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: AcM
Amazon: B00HAZ6CC8
Goodreads: 19302493
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Gentlemen, if I could have your attention, please. We plan to start in just a few minutes.”

Priscilla spoke into the microphone attached to the podium on the left side of the stage at the Blue Creek Saloon. She looked over the crowded dance floor. There were a few ladies here and there, but the majority of the people in the bar on this Sunday afternoon were the bachelors for the auction that was only five days away. This was the second of two planned rehearsals. Leeann had thought the run-throughs might help the men feel more comfortable if they knew what was expected from them when the big night arrived.

But not all the bachelors had shown up. Dean was nowhere to be found.

He’d missed the first rehearsal for a perfectly valid reason. Bobby had explained that his absence then and around the camp all last week was due to a patient of his who was going through a difficult period, resulting in Dean being called away to the veterans’ center in Cheyenne.

Was that why he wasn’t here this afternoon? Or could it be something else?

She’d seen him this morning at church—granted, it had been from across the sanctuary, as he’d chosen not to sit with her, Bobby and Leeann. Yes, it’d been crowded in the row where they sat, but they could’ve made room for him. She’d tried not to take it personally, but ever since that morning when she’d made it clear how dismayed she’d been after remembering the kiss they’d shared—the kiss she’d asked for—they seemed to be back to square one when it came to being...friends?

More than friends?

She had no idea. All she knew was that she had embarrassed herself even further that morning by bolting for the bathroom. If she could’ve stayed hidden in there for hours she probably would have, but she’d left Snake alone all night at the inn and had needed to get back to him.

“I think we should get started now,” Leeann said, pulling Priscilla from her thoughts as she joined her on the stage. “Most of the men who couldn’t make it last time are here today and we have some that are back a second time. Perhaps Dean got caught up in saying goodbye to our latest group of campers.”

“I thought maybe he might have gone to Cheyenne again.”

Leeann frowned. “I suppose, but Bobby said something when we left church this morning about the two of them working on a project at the camp this afternoon. I’ve texted them, but neither has replied.”

Priscilla nodded. This past week had been so much fun as Camp Diamond once again hosted local children. She’d helped out in the stables most days, with Holly by her side more often than not. The young girl had talked about Dean constantly, which matched Priscilla’s relentless thoughts about the man as she tried to come to terms with her schoolgirl reaction to his kiss.

But Holly had really surprised her one day when she’d asked if there was an age limit on who could bid at the auction.

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