Issued to the Bride One Sniper (Brides of Chance Creek Book 3) by Cora Seton

Author:Cora Seton [Seton, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: One Acre Press
Published: 2017-06-12T18:30:00+00:00

Hunter was coming up from the barns when Jo’s truck pulled in, followed by a sheriff’s cruiser. He increased his pace.

“Jo? Everything all right?”

“I’m fine.” She waited for a large man in a sheriff’s uniform to exit the cruiser, and together they came to meet Hunter. “Hunter, this is Cab Johnson, the county sheriff. Cab, this is Hunter Powell. The General sent him to give us a hand.”

Cab looked him over. “Good to meet you.” He stuck out a hand and gave Hunter a firm enough handshake to establish he felt he was in charge. That didn’t bother Hunter. The man should feel responsible for his jurisdiction.

“Good to meet you, too. Did something happen?”

Jo filled him in about the house on the ridge and the man who’d arrived without warning.

“I didn’t like the way he was acting, so I went and told Cab.”

“And I told her I appreciate the head’s up. People down here at Two Willows have a way of taking things into their own hands, which can be dangerous. I’m going to keep an eye out for that man,” he told Jo, “and you call me if you see him, you hear me?”

“Will do, Sheriff.”

“Did Jo tell you about Bright Star?” Hunter asked. When Cab shook his head no, Hunter told him all about the buckshot incident. “I’ll keep my eyes open, too,” Hunter finished. He didn’t like the sound of that encounter at all. He hated the thought of a man playing games with his Jo.

“How about a lemonade, Cab?” Jo asked.

“Wouldn’t mind one. Can’t stay long, though.”

“Come inside and I’ll get it in a jiffy.”

Hunter was about to follow them when his phone buzzed in his pocket. He hung back, although he wanted to get more of the story. “Powell here,” he said when he’d accepted the call.

“It’s Mark from the lumberyard. I’ve pulled together that order you placed earlier, but I’m coming up with a bigger number than I quoted you before and I wanted to check in and make sure it’s okay. You can come in and pick it up any time.” He named a sum for the supplies that made Hunter wince. Jo deserved her house, and he’d make sure she got it one way or the other, but he had to stick to a tight budget for this one or he wouldn’t be able to afford the one he wanted to build her in the spring.

“What do you think?” Mark asked. “Want to go forward?”

“Yeah, I guess. With a couple of changes.” He didn’t have a choice. He’d have to substitute cheaper materials for some of the higher end finishes in the interior. “I’ll pop into town in about an hour, okay?”

“Got it.”

Was he being a fool? Hunter wondered. Maybe he’d bitten off far more than he could chew. If the expenses for this little house were coming in over budget, what would it be like when he built the bigger one? He hadn’t looked into zoning or costs for the real house he meant to build in the spring.

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