Thunder Rolls: Episode 8 (Rising Storm) by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis [Davis, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Julie Kenner, Rising Storm, drama, Romance, Texas, small town, Dee Davis
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 2015-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

“How could you have done something like that to me? I’m your brother, for God’s sake.” Tate stood on the rise overlooking the Double J, his anger apparent even in the predawn shadows.

Behind him the sky was just starting to pinken, black, blue, and purple giving way to the inevitability of morning. One or two stars still glistened high in the sky, but the sound of birds and the lowing of cattle in the distance signaled the end of night.

A hell of a long and emotional night.

Tucker had spent the better part of that night looking for his brother. First Murphy’s. And then Tate’s office, his apartment, and finally the ranch. Of course he should have known from the beginning where his brother would be. Since he was able to saddle a horse, Tate had always come to this spot to lick his wounds.

Tucker held up a hand in supplication. “It wasn’t about you, Tate. It was about me—and Hannah. You just got caught in the crossfire.”

“But Hannah is mine.” His brother took a threatening step, then backed off, fists clenched.

“Hannah isn’t anyone’s. She’s her own woman and she gets to make her own choices.”

“Well, she wouldn’t have looked at you twice if you hadn’t come sniffing around with your quiet swagger and your damn cowboy ways.” Tate said the last as if it was a curse. But then his brother had never had much time for ranching.

“If anyone has swagger it’s you,” Tucker scoffed. “You’ve always been first in everything. You’re smarter. You’re slicker. And you’re a hell of a lot more successful.”

“Bullshit. Daddy worships the ground you walk on.”

“Only because you refused to walk on it.” And there you had it. The core of their problems. Zeke Johnson. No question Zeke loved both his boys, but as far as Tucker was concerned it had always been about Tate. Maybe because he was the oldest. Or maybe because he was more outgoing. But Zeke had anointed him as heir before he could even walk. Tucker had never been more than the spare. Until Tate finally made his stand. Handed Zeke the boots and spurs, so to speak, and gone off to law school.

Tucker had been quick to step in. Happy that his brother had found his freedom and happy to take the empty reins. He’d always loved the ranch. But he also knew that he would always be second best as far as Zeke was concerned.

But none of that had anything to do with Hannah. What he felt for her had been a part of him so long he couldn’t picture himself without it. And if she wanted him too… well then, it was his time to take what he wanted. Consequences be damned.

“I don’t want to talk about this. I don’t want to talk to you.” Tate turned his back just as the sun broke over the distant hills.

“Look, Tate, I’m sorry you had to see us like that. And I’m sure as hell sorry to have hurt you.

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