Home on the Ranch, Trusting a Hero: A Family for Tyler ; The Prodigal Cowboy by Angel Smits

Author:Angel Smits
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-06-07T18:56:16+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

AFTER DJ SETTLED into the house, life developed a familiar routine. Tyler got up each day to go to school. DJ got up and one of the hands took him into San Antonio. Wyatt took his rotation, too, hoping the time would help him get to know his brother again.

Two weeks in, DJ’s doctor cleared him to drive. Wyatt clapped him on the back in congratulations. Maybe now DJ would have more of a sense of freedom and the stress on the household would go down.

That night as they were all seated around the dinner table, Wyatt wanted to take that congratulations back. “You want to what?” Every voice stopped and half a dozen pair of eyes, including Tyler’s, looked back and forth between the brothers.

“You heard me.” DJ glared across the table at Wyatt. “I’m going to Dallas this weekend to get my bike.” He’d left it in Amanda’s garage when he’d gone overseas. “Either you can loan me the truck and I’ll haul the bike home, or someone can drive me down and I’ll ride it back. I’d prefer to haul it so I can check the engine before I ride it that far.” DJ continued eating as if Wyatt weren’t staring at him. “Your choice,” he said with a full mouth.

“Seems sufficiently stupid to me, to go overseas and nearly get blown up only to come home and splatter yourself all over the road,” Wyatt said.

“You would think that.”

The brothers stared at each other and the tension in the room grew with each passing second.

Wyatt broke the silence. “I’ll let you know what I decide.”

DJ cursed and levered up from his seat. He was using Dad’s captain’s chair as it was the only chair in the house strong enough and with arms to take the pressure he applied when lifting up. Wyatt watched, worried. DJ struggled to stand—how the hell was he going to handle a huge Harley out on the open road?

But the determination on DJ’s face told Wyatt that his brother had made up his mind and there was no changing it. He stared down at his half-empty plate as DJ limped out of the room.

DJ’s plate was nearly full. “Yolanda, will you save that for him?”

Yolanda wrapped the plate and put it in the refrigerator without a word. No one said a word. Even Tyler remained quiet, pushing his beans around his plate. The silence was nearly deafening.

The next day, DJ went to San Antonio for therapy before they had a chance to talk. It wasn’t as if Wyatt knew what he’d say. He hated that they were at odds, though. Now he stood at the corral fence, not sure about anything anymore.

Dancer looked good, healthy, as he galloped around. He was itching to get out of his pen, and Wyatt totally understood how he felt.

Over the past couple weeks, Emily had stuck to her plan to visit each Friday. Wyatt had made sure he was out in the barn or the pastures whenever she drove up.

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