Up the Creek Without a Saddle (Bandit Creek Book 31) by Sandy Kelly

Author:Sandy Kelly [Kelly, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Lily glanced out the window intently, studying the landscape that had provided the steady backdrop of beauty for Jayce while he grew up. His entire way of life, right from his earliest days, was sweet and nurturing and wholesome. No wonder he was such a gentle and trusting man. She was very likely the first dishonest person he had encountered, or at least begun to fall for. And that’s not at all the type of person she was at all. She simply had to tell him the truth and the sooner the better.

“This is where…we first met,” Jayce said suddenly, breaking into her thoughts.

“Yes, I knew it looked familiar here,” Lily said quietly. She looked out to the fields that were rolling by, trying to fight back the nervousness that was always simmering just under the surface.

How could she possibly come clean without ruining this budding relationship? She couldn’t, it was as simple as that. It was impossible to have both a cleaned-up conscience and a chance at spending more time with him. Once he knew she’d betrayed him, he could undoubtedly dump her. Really, she deserved nothing else.

In that instance, Lily knew what she needed to do. What she wanted to do. She would tell him the truth, yes, but she would also follow her confession with her new decision. She would not be following through on the business transaction that she had come to Montana to undertake. She would deal with the consequences later, consequences that included her father’s disappointment at the very least. Perhaps they’d fire her. Could she be fired from the corporation she was destined to own? Whatever, Lily shook the confusing thoughts from her head. Right this minute she knew only one thing for certain: doing the right thing for Jayce mattered more than anything.

“Here are the cows,” he said now, indicating the field Lily was already studying but not really seeing. The sun was low in the sky now, casting shadows along the ground that made a duplicate of every fencepost. The cattle grazed easily on the early grass that was already growing thickly throughout the pasture.

She felt deliciously happy all of a sudden, as relief at her decision swept through her. She looked into the distance, as Jayce drove along the road that was rising into a long hill. Lily noticed the lushness of the valley was turning to parched and tried grass as they rose with the hill.

“What’s happened to all the grass?” Lily asked, absorbing all she could of the sights around her.

“There’s always more moisture in the low-lying areas. This field will catch up, but not until later in the season and not unless we get some rain,” Jayce explained easily. “One section of field can be so different from the other. There are a lot of things that could be done to make this farm more efficient, but my folks are pretty old-fashioned. They haven’t kept up as well as they could have.”

Jayce stopped short all of

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