Home on the Ranch: The Texas Cowboy Way by Tanya Michaels

Author:Tanya Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-06-13T17:13:13+00:00

Chapter 4

Rachel stared at the man who’d claimed to want to help her only to then deliver the killing blow that might finally defeat her. “No,” she said. “I don’t believe you. Jax would never have escaped prison.”

Rachel’s heartbeat thudded so heavily her chest ached. She glared at Dylan, who sat across her kitchen table, flicking a thumbnail against the rough-hewn wood. Her father had made the table when she and Jax were young. Jax had insisted on using the hand planer and ended up slicing off the tip of his finger, right on the spot Dylan was toying with.

Innocent, sweet Jax, who’d followed their father around as though their dad was his own personal hero. Rachel knew that sweet boy was still inside her brother even though he’d refused to show him in the past year. Even though he’d confessed to police that he’d knowingly transported drugs across state lines, a crime that had landed him a prison sentence.

According to police, Jax had been contacted by someone who’d heard he was looking to make a quick buck. All Jax had to do was drive a package from Texas to east L.A., give the package to the man at the drop site, receive a package in return and drive back to Texas. All for two thousand bucks and the cost of gas. He’d been told the package contained vital documents needed for signatures to sell some high-level computer tech company to a big conglomeration. But he’d known better than that. He’d known the package contained drugs.

When he’d arrived at the drop site, men with guns came storming into the warehouse. Jax had managed to escape and had hopped a freighter back to Texas.

Rachel hadn’t known any of this was happening. Jax had told her he was going out of town to look for work. She’d been so proud of him she’d been willing to let him go off for a few days, even though the ranch desperately needed his help.

Then DEA agents and the local sheriff, Howard Ryan, had arrived at the ranch a few days after Jax had taken off, scaring the hell out of her and Peter with their guns and yelling and stomping about. The sheriff had found Jax near the barn and handed him off to the DEA. With her crying and begging them for information, the agents had handcuffed her brother and hauled him away, leaving her with unanswered questions. Jax had refused to look at her. He’d refused to say one word to her. After he’d confessed, he’d refused to say another word to the police.

The last time she’d seen her brother was the day of his sentencing, before they took him away. The two times she’d tried to visit him in prison, he refused to see her.

She didn’t know why—whether he was ashamed of what had happened to him or whether he blamed her for his troubles. One thing was for sure in her mind—Jax’s confession had to have been coerced.

No matter how bad things looked, she had faith in her brother.

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