Harlequin Love Inspired June 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Cheryl Williford

Author:Cheryl Williford
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460398289
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Erin sat in her dad’s office. “Thank You, Lord. Dad’s getting better and better.” She took a deep, steadying breath. The doctors couldn’t say the extent of the damage caused by the stroke. Time would tell. Since her sister was there in the city finishing her degree at the university, Kai would visit the hospital daily, bring her iPad and they’d FaceTime. Erin felt torn between driving to Albuquerque to be with her father and staying put, tending to the rodeo, which she knew he wanted. When she’d suggested coming to see him, both her parents had nixed the idea. They counted on her to oversee the redo.

Where had the week gone? The days melted one into another and there wasn’t a moment when they weren’t all busy. Lencho had his pulse on the pipeline of information. Within a day, everyone in the county knew about the job openings and every proposal had been bid on.

Sawyer asked about the people who bid on the different jobs and listened to Erin and Traci give him background on them.

Erin savored the process. The man listened to her. He argued his position. Sometimes his ideas were better than hers, and sometimes it went the other way. She loved it and had never felt so alive. She felt herself blooming, growing and being challenged in a way she hadn’t before. The unique experience burrowed into her heart, especially after the near miss of a kiss in the library and again last night at his motel. The back door crashed against the wall and it sounded as if a herd of horses were running through the house. Erin stood, hurried to the library door and caught a glimpse of Tate’s face, which resembled a thundercloud. He stomped past her and into his room, slamming the door behind him. Amazingly, the door stayed on its hinges. Erin looked back and saw Betty’s sober expression. She shook her head.

Erin walked into the kitchen. “What’s wrong?”

Betty sighed. “Some boy yelled out that Delong’s ride was here. Another boy mentioned that his mama quit picking him up when he was in the first grade. It didn’t go well after that.” She poured herself a glass of water and sat at the table. “I wanted to get out of the car and straighten that young man out, but I knew it would make things worse for your brother.”

Erin wanted to go and talk to him but stopped herself, knowing that Sawyer would recommend leaving her brother alone for a while.

“You’re not going to talk to Tate?”

“No.”

Betty studied her. “What happened?”

“Sawyer’s made me realize that sometimes, with a young man, you don’t have to have the answer immediately. You wait until they are ready.”

“Ah, a wise man.”

Erin shrugged. “I don’t know if I’d call him a wise man, but he is helping me understand things from Tate’s view.”

“I think Sawyer’s thinking is wise.”

“I heard my name mentioned,” Sawyer called out from the walk leading to the back door. Obviously their conversation had drifted outside.

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