The Bride's Cowboy by Sophia Summers

Author:Sophia Summers [Summers, Sophia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

After making a few more phone calls, Jed realized he was going to need to fly out to New York, of all places, to try to talk sense into some of the key players in this attempted seizure. He had yet to find any details about the person out here from Synergy Group to survey his land, to make the recommendations. He had asked around at the only hotel in town and no one had checked in. He had his suspicions about AnnaMae, but she’d said nothing about it. And if she was the one with the power to ruin him, he figured he was doing as good a job as any he could in convincing her otherwise. And sincerely so. He winced, hoping it wasn’t on her shoulders to try to save or destroy his land.

“What?”

He had been staring out, unseeing, across the expanse of land in front of the house.

“Nothing.” He paused, watching her. “Well, I did learn some disturbing things while in town and today on the computer.”

Her eyes widened, and his suspicion grew. “Yes, turns out there’s someone here trying to cut off access to my land.”

Her face was blank; a definite coldness blanketed their otherwise warm interaction. But her eyes lit with sudden interest. “Do you know why they would do that? What they hope to gain?”

“I’m not certain. But I need to look into it.”

“If you look at your land, the areas around it, you don’t have the most logical parcel to suggest, not even close. Your piece is obviously complete and separate.” She pulled out her maps, markings all over them that indicated his land, various portions in different colors, some segments tied into the park around and others connected to land to the south. She pointed. “See here, this piece more naturally fits in with that park to the north and this to the south. There’s no logical reason to clump yours with it or to cut it off completely, unless for gain?”

“And I’d not like to lose access to the land, obviously, especially this area here and here.” He pointed out places she had already blackened. He watched her. “You’ve obviously given this some serious thought.”

She shrugged. “It’s part of my job.”

His heart iced a little at her unfeeling response. “Just like that? It’s your job?”

“Well, yes, I’m hoping—”

His phone rang. “I’m sorry. I have to take this—”

“Hello.” Will gave him his latest findings, which weren’t much. He’d discovered some important people they must talk to in New York. In fact, the sooner Jed could get out there, the better. “And, Jed, I know you’re leaving. It’s probably even more important you meet these people in New York, but I did find the name of the woman Synergy Group sent out. If you run into an Anna Caruthers, she’s your woman. Work some magic there too.” Will laughed. “Maybe she’s young enough to be won over by your broad shoulders. Give it a shot.”

Jed hung up soon after, and for a full thirty seconds, he couldn’t look up.

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