Love Inspired, November 2021 Box Set 1 of 2 by Vannetta Chapman

Author:Vannetta Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

By Friday morning, Sawyer had had it up to here dealing with Bud’s laziness. Christmas was only a few weeks away, and it was time to insist the man pull his weight and do his job right.

His insubordination had been gnawing at him all week. Sawyer had been ignoring a lot of the problems, redoing most of the chores, and he’d told Bud more than once he expected better work out of him. A good manager looked out for the business, and he had a duty to make sure the employees were doing things right.

Unfortunately, nothing was working. Including Bud.

Speaking of... Bud lumbered into the pole barn. Sawyer checked the time. It was an hour before Bud’s workday ended. Sawyer had just finished checking cattle and was getting ready to determine the rest of the day’s work. He scanned the list of chores on the whiteboard.

“Did you check the water tank in the south pasture?” Sawyer asked.

Bud glared at him and didn’t answer. Normally, Sawyer would let it go, but not anymore.

“What’s wrong?” Sawyer asked. “Didn’t you hear me?”

“I heard you, and yes, I checked. It’s fine.” He scratched his beard. “I’ll get the straw down for the steers before I take off.”

“It’s only eleven.” It didn’t take an hour to give the steers new straw.

“Yeah, so?” He put his hands on his hips.

“Your day ends at noon.”

“What’s your point? It takes a while to spread the straw.”

Was this guy being serious? Sawyer ground his teeth together and turned his attention to the whiteboard. One of the items was swapping out the damaged ring feeder in the bull pasture for a new one. He’d had more pressing tasks to attend to all week, so it still needed to be replaced.

“After you’re done with the straw, I need you to take the new ring feeder to the bull pasture. Swap out the old one.”

“Won’t have time.” The man eased his body into the driver’s seat of the Bobcat and started it up. The noise of the engine made it impossible to talk. In three strides, Sawyer was next to Bud.

“You waste a lot of time,” he yelled over the engine.

“What?” He gunned the accelerator to make it louder.

“Turn that off.” Sawyer pointed to the ignition.

“Seems to me you’re the one wasting time.” He pointed to the tractor, then the door. “What’s the boss going to think about you neglecting the cows to put up wreaths around here?” Then Bud gave him a sarcastic smile, wriggled his fingers and backed the vehicle out of the pole barn.

He couldn’t believe the lack of respect this guy had for him. Yeah, Sawyer had ridden out to the forest and cut weeping spruce branches to hang as boughs over the office door. He’d also made homemade wreaths of juniper and hung them over the exterior doors of the pole barn and stables. But he’d done it on his own time.

The one he’d placed on the front of the tractor had been for Tucker. He’d known the boy would love it, and he was right.

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