Nash by Jacki James

Author:Jacki James [James, Jacki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Nash

It hadn’t escaped my notice that Spencer had called me Daddy without any prompting, and I won’t lie; I’d enjoyed it. If he wasn’t still sick as a dog, I would’ve taken him apart slowly and then put him back together again as a way of showing just how much I liked it, but this wasn’t the time for that.

He ate a little bit of breakfast, and I tucked him back into bed, where he quickly fell right back asleep. I spent the rest of the morning surfing the internet on my phone, watching television, and talking to my brother Keith. He was on duty and was hanging out at the fire station. I’d checked in with Murphy, and she’d told me to take as many days as I needed to. I agreed, but I told her if anything came up, just to call me. I wanted to be here to nurse Spencer back to health, but he was a grown-ass man, so if they needed me, I could come.

A couple hours later, I was making a late lunch for Spencer when the phone rang. My first thought was that something had come up and Murphy was taking me up on my offer, but I checked the caller ID and saw that it was Lance, one of the guys I had worked with on the Walking W ranch. I had no idea why he would call me. I’d never had a problem with him personally, but I wasn’t there long enough to say we were actually friends.

“Nash here,” I answered.

“Hey, Nash, Lance Parks. How are things?”

“Things are good. I have no complaints. Is there something I can do for you?”

“I hope so. I hear that you’re working at a rescue over in the River Gorge area.”

“That would be correct.”

“Listen, man, I didn’t want to just take off without getting in touch with somebody, and I figured you were my best bet.”

“Okay.” Interesting. He was taking off. I wondered what that was about. None of the guys I’d worked with had been there long. Elmer went through hands like some people changed their underwear, but as far as I knew, Lance had been there the longest.

“Yeah. I’ve had as much as I can take. I’m outta here. I got a job on a cattle ranch up in Wyoming. I figure I’ll cut my losses and get out of here.”

“So you’re finally leaving then?”

“Yeah, things weren’t good when you were here, but they’re even worse now. I don’t know what’s going on with Elmer, but he actually took a riding crop to one of the new hand’s personal horses the other day for not doing what he wanted. The kid loaded up his horse and hit the road. His anger is out of control. I’m telling you, if he has his way, he’s going to beat one of these horses to death.”

“Well, shit.” I knew the guy was toxic when I left, but it sounded like he was getting worse. “I mean,

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