Hot Texas Trouble by Eve Gaddy

Author:Eve Gaddy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781957748115
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2022-04-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Trevor had seen Jedidiah’s apartment earlier, of course, but he hadn’t paid attention to much besides Ricky and the problems he presented. Well, and that odd moment with Jedidiah. Now he had a chance to look around. It didn’t do much to give him any hints into Jedidiah’s likes and dislikes. Except the bookshelf with an eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction in both hardback and paperback. But the apartment was bare of decorations. No paintings or other things on the walls, no photos scattered about, no fluffy pillows or throws on the furniture. While she hadn’t been there that long, she’d had plenty of time to add her own touches to the place.

Interesting. He didn’t know another woman who didn’t leave her stamp on her home. The only exception that hinted at the real Jedidiah was a glass étagère where a number of tiny critters and other items made by her brother Gabe were arranged on one of the shelves. On the shelf above that was the glass sculpture she’d picked up at the Artisans’ Fair. He walked over to the shelf while Jedidiah got the beer from her refrigerator. “I see you found a place for the glasswork you bought at the fair.”

“I did. I really like it.”

“Did you ever decide what it was?”

“Like I said before: beautiful. But I think it’s a water fountain. Because of all the shades of blue.”

“I can see that. These are amazing, too,” he said, motioning to the tiny figures when she walked over to him and handed him a beer.

“Gabe has always given his family these little creations. I’m not sure what he makes them out of. Watch parts, we think.” She smiled. “That’s how we knew he was serious about Chantel. The only women who’ve ever received one of these were me, Damaris, Mom, and Ruthie. When he started making them for Chantel we knew he’d fallen hard for her.”

“It’s hard to miss how he feels about her.”

“True. And she feels the same about him.”

Feelings. There they went again. “You were really good with Ricky today,” Trevor said, changing the subject.

“Four brothers, remember?” She sat on the couch and waved him over.

“Speaking of your brothers, why haven’t I ever met your brother Cole?”

“Cole and I are the black sheep.” She laughed. “Or maybe just the gray sheep. But neither of us wanted to stay on the ranch. We both like horses—you’d have to work hard not to in our family—but neither of us wanted a career in ranching and God knows, neither of us is artistic. Apparently all of the artist genes went to Gabe. Cole is a petroleum geologist. He worked for a couple of oil companies before deciding to start his own business. He maintains and repairs oil well rigs.”

“Where does he live?”

“He has an apartment here so technically Whiskey River is his home but he travels a lot. He keeps threatening to take some time off but I’ll believe it when I see it.” The doorbell rang and she got up to answer it.

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