The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

Author:Kate Pearce
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2019-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Let me get that for you.” Jackson picked up Daisy’s suitcase as if it weighed nothing and put it in the overhead bin. The Sierra passes were still snowed in, so they’d decided to fly from the local airport to San Francisco.

“Thanks so much.” She waited to see if he wanted the window seat, but as he was still hanging back, and the line behind them was growing restless, she slid into the row.

“Do you want to sit here?” She pointed at the window.

“God no.” Jackson shuddered.

She studied him carefully. “Are you okay?”

“I’m not a great flier.”

“You were in the air force!”

“Yeah.” He offered her an awkward smile. “I’d feel a lot safer if I was up front.”

“Nearly all commercial pilots were trained by the military, so they’re pretty competent.” Daisy patted his clenched fist. “You’ll be fine.”

“It’s easier if you don’t know all the things that can go wrong, I suppose,” Jackson muttered.

“Now you’re freaking me out. Stop it.” She smiled at him. “There’s nothing wrong with blissful ignorance. And just think, if something does go wrong, you can be the hero who saves the day.”

He gave her a skeptical look but did slightly relax his death grip on the armrest. He’d swapped out his Stetson for a baseball cap but retained his jeans and cowboy boots and looked no different from most of the other passengers in the smallish plane. It wasn’t a long flight, so she could only hope he’d hang in there and make it through.

“It might take a while to get from the airport to the hotel.” Daisy decided to keep chatting about normal things to take his mind off the plane thing.

“That’s if we make it over the Sierras,” Jackson murmured. “Remember what happened to the Donner party?”

“Stop.” She patted his hand. “Visualize arriving in San Francisco and all being well.”

The lone flight attendant walked through the cabin shutting the bins and smiling at the passengers. Within seconds, the door to the flight deck was sealed and they were on their way. Daisy kept hold of Jackson’s clenched fist as the plane increased speed and took off, leaving the runway far behind. She glanced at his face and discovered he had his eyes shut and appeared to be praying.

Not wishing to make him feel even worse, she returned her attention to the scenery, and the swathe of endless blue sky around the plane. Even from this height, the Sierras looked formidably black, with patches of snow still clinging to the rocky caverns and pathways.

She tried to take her own advice and focus on what was to come in San Francisco. Venture capitalists weren’t known for their sweet dispositions. They preferred to invest money in companies that would definitely succeed and pay back their investments a thousandfold. Having successfully brought one company through an IPO, she and the team at least had a proven reputation. This time, she and Ian would be way more careful about who they entrusted their fate to . . .

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