Never a Sinner by Lynn Shurr

Author:Lynn Shurr [Shurr, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary, handicapped, sensual
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

The silent treatment lasted most of the way to the ranch, though Jessie gave her anxious parents a happy goodbye wave as if she were going to cheerleading camp and glad to be on her way. “Did you bring the gun?” she asked as they turned off the highway for the backroad.

“In the glove compartment. Knox will have plenty of ammunition. He always does.”

“Good,” Jessie answered a little ominously.

As they approached the gate, Teddy said, “Give me a break. We wanted to show you still had a job if you wanted it. Get all the fuss about your accident out of the way and get on with your life.”

“I’ll bet you’re the kind of person who thinks ripping a bandage off fast is better than doing it in stages. That’s great if you don’t take any skin along with it.”

Teddy opened the gate. Okay, she seemed determined to be difficult. He tried a compliment. “You did really well working on X-avier.”

“He asked me out.”

“What! I mean, that’s great. I knew you could get an able-bodied if you wanted. Are you going?” Target practice hadn’t started yet, and he’d already shot himself in the foot.

“Of course not. He’s too young, and I’d only be a novelty for a while. X-avier is very appealing though, great bod, nice smile, and he loves his mama.”

“I didn’t mind being a novelty if it got me some—and I love my mother, too.”

“You shouldn’t mention both in the same sentence. But yes, Miss Nell is wonderful. Same for the rest of your family.”

“You don’t know Mack, but Mom is convinced the right woman will come along and straighten him out like she did with Dad.”

“So a good woman is all it takes?”

“Or the right man, I mean if you are a woman. Which you are.” They arrived at the mansion so often called the ranch house before he could experiment with putting his foot in his mouth again.

As usual, fairly easy to tell who had come to watch the opening Sinners’ game by the vehicles parked near the door. Xochi drove her husband’s husky SUV. His twin sisters’ small sub-compacts, as petite as they were, sat next to it. Jude and Annie had probably stayed over after the shower. Brainy Trinity always showed up for Sunday dinner driving his electric Tesla, an environmental statement for him. Judging by the car seats in the back, Stacy had carted the grandchildren from New Orleans. Only family then, though more people might show up later. Mack played with the Cowboys at noon. Dean, Junior, Tom, and his wife were slated for a three o’clock start with the Sinners on the west coast, a good afternoon of football ahead.

Teddy got Jessie set up in her wheelchair before claiming his own. As they pushed through the kitchen door, Corazon raised a crispy stuffed pork roast from the oven. The herbs of the seasoning, bay leaf and garlic among others, filled the room. She followed that with a huge pan of rice dressing.

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