RNWMP_Bride for Curtis by Cassie Hayes & Mail Order Mounties

Author:Cassie Hayes & Mail Order Mounties [Hayes, Cassie & Mounties, Mail Order]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

Riding for hours on his horse did nothing to help ease the pain in Curtis’s back, but after tonight, he had no doubt his back would feel right as rain. The promise of their evening together had kept him going as he checked on outlying farms, listened to old geezers telling him the same story for the fifteenth time, and eating some of the stalest bread he’d ever tasted. Not like Caitlyn’s bread.

He’d even ridden past the beaver dam — Bob’s dam — on his way back to the station. George had suggested biding their time on the beaver as apparently some of the other wives had taken a liking to the rodents. Curtis was just glad his wife had more sense than the others. Beavers could cause widespread flooding upstream and damage precious crops. That might have not been as big of an issue farther south, but the growing season was short in the Northwest Territories. A farmer’s entire year was based on that one short season, and Curtis wouldn’t allow an overly ambitious beaver to ruin anyone’s life.

He also wouldn’t allow his stubbornness to ruin his own life. He’d taken George’s advice and remained patient with Caitlyn, doing his best to woo her, and it had worked! And it had been pretty simple. He just listened to her and took an interest — even a minor one — in what she enjoyed. After just a day or two, their relationship had blossomed into something special and she was ready to fulfill her duties as a wife.

He could almost smell the moose roasting in the oven as he hurried home. Dessert would hopefully be another pie. Or maybe a cake. That would certainly suit the special occasion. His mouth watered at the thought. He even spit out his gum long before he reached the house.

Stomping up the steps, he threw the door open wide, ready to smile broadly at his wife and praise her magnificent skills in the kitchen. But the kitchen was empty. So was the living room. He didn’t even need to inspect the bedroom to know she wasn’t in the house. And judging by the dirty dishes from breakfast still piled in the sink, she hadn’t been all day.

Imagining all the horrible things that could have happened to her, Curtis rushed to the back window. No sign of her in the garden and no laundry was hanging from the line. His heart pounded as he ran back to the kitchen, looking for a note or any indication of where she’d gone. Nothing.

Grabbing his hat, he headed for the door. George, Liam and Richard could coordinate a search party while he went to look for her at the other brides’ homes, as well as in town. He tried to tell himself to calm down, she’d probably just lost track of time with her friends, but it looked as if she’d left in a hurry not long after he went to work. That was a lot of time to lose track of.

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