Jackson by Emily March

Author:Emily March
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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A scowl creased Boone McBride’s brow as he braced his hands on his hips and muttered to Brick Callahan, “Herding cats.”

Brick nodded sagely in agreement. “Easier to turn a tornado than get these women out of a store when they’re busy shopping.”

“You should have warned me. I would have taken a different route through town.”

Brick shrugged. “You’ve lived in Eternity Springs long enough at this point. This shouldn’t have surprised you. Our women are strong women.”

“I know they’re strong. I just didn’t know they go gaga over trinkets. Seriously. Your wife bought a scorpion in a glass paperweight.”

“She got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night last night and almost stepped on one. It’s a souvenir.”

“Didn’t she grow up in Oklahoma? That can’t have been the first scorpion she’s ever seen.”

“She’s jealous because I have my snakeskin to show off to kids who are guests at our campground. She wanted something of her own. The way the glass curves makes that little scorpion look a lot bigger than it actually is.”

“Sorta like that snakeskin you’ve stretched.”

Brick grinned and nodded toward the doorway of the shop. “Incoming.”

“Finally!” Boone exclaimed. He levered away from the door of the Suburban upon which he’d been leaning and sauntered back toward the second of the three-Suburban caravan carrying the group the roughly two hundred fifty miles south from the Callahan ranch in Brazos Bend west of Fort Worth to Enchanted Canyon. Halfway there, he watched in alarm as the leader of the pack, Nic Callahan, caught sight of the pet shop two doors down from their current position. He shot a pleading look toward her husband Gabe, who threw an arm around his wife and steered her toward the SUV.

Despite the assist, Maddie Callahan and Sarah Murphy got away, and Boone had to play cow dog and herd them back. “Herding cats!” he repeated loudly with exasperation.

“Turning tornados!” Brick called back, grinning.

Finally, everybody found his or her spot in his vehicle, and Boone climbed into the driver’s seat. He watched through his rearview mirror and drummed his fingers on the steering wheel as he waited for the other vehicles to fill.

Boone was nervous and he didn’t know why. Okay, maybe he did know. Twenty-four hours of parental pestering loomed on the horizon like a locust cloud. He loved his parents. He truly did. But they’d taken his decision to move to Colorado like a stake through the heart. They didn’t understand his decision, and he couldn’t explain the real reason why he’d done so.

It would kill them.

Maddie Callahan did him the blessing of interrupting his dark thoughts from the shotgun seat by asking, “Boone, the girls and I were talking while we were shopping…”

“Imagine that,” he drawled.

“Ha ha. Seriously, though, we thought we should ask before we arrive at your inn. After you accidentally name-dropped your cousin’s ex last week to Sage, one or two of us might have gone googling.”

Boone smothered a groan. Jackson was going to kill him.

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