The Cowboy Rides Away by Jeannie Watt

Author:Jeannie Watt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2017-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

Meg told herself that now that the foal was safely on the ground, she should get back to work—whatever that work may be. Right now, it was whatever took her out of Jason’s sphere so that she could think a few things through.

But she couldn’t stop watching the newborn foal. He was ridiculously cute.

Cody pulled into the driveway just as the colt started making his first attempts to struggle to his feet. Brandon waved an arm, and the truck had barely come to a stop before Cody was out of it and running across the driveway.

He skidded to a stop next to Jason, grinning widely as he caught sight of the tiny buckskin baby. “I’m a dad.”

“It’s a colt,” Jason said.

“Just what I wanted.”

The foal set both front feet on the ground in front of him, his long legs buckled at an awkward angle, then gave a mighty heave, almost making it up onto all fours before collapsing back into the straw.

“It was a tough birth,” Brandon said matter-of-factly.

Cody gave him a startled look and Brandon filled him in on what had happened.

Cody turned to Jason. “I owe you. Thanks for the quick thinking.”

Jason started to reply when Brandon gestured for them to be quiet and watch. The baby positioned himself once again and this time made it to his feet and stood quivering on all fours before he took a wobbly step toward his mother. His front feet started to buckle, but he stepped again, regained his balance and fell against his mother’s side. The mare turned her head to nuzzle his little withers and nudge him back to where his first meal was waiting. The colt tottered back and after several failed attempts finally figured out how to latch on.

Cody patted the fence with a satisfied nod. “The beer’s on me.”

It was Saturday—a half-day in theory—and beer was a legitimate option, but Meg shook her head. “I’ll take a rain check. Thanks anyway.”

“Oh, yeah. Last night,” Cody said with a wicked grin. “I forgot.”

“Not because of last night. I have a couple of things I need to do. I’ll toast your new baby later.”

She headed toward the corrals and had just made it around the corner of the barn when Jason caught up with her.

“We’re not done.”

She turned on him. “You want to talk?”

His gray gaze was intense as he said, “I want you clear on the fact that I was never protecting myself.”

She stared at him. “Then you left me because you weren’t feeling it? Or because things weren’t working between us?”

“Things couldn’t work between us.”

“Couldn’t and weren’t are two different things.”

“Trust me on this,” he said from between his teeth. “They couldn’t work.”

“For reasons you’re not sharing.”

“It’s my private business.”

And there wasn’t much she could say to argue with that. But she could hazard a few guesses. “Are you wanted by the law?”

His mouth tightened and he gave his head a shake.

“Dread disease? Really bad habits?” She’d wondered about the dread disease thing and felt a small rush of relief when he once again shook his head.

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