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“I don’t know,” I told him. “I’ve only had younger sisters.” And I wasn’t the best at being the older sister to them.
“You’re supposed to go to her for dating advice,” Ethan told Mac, like he’d looked it up in a medical text book.
“Really?” Mac asked, skeptically.
“I don’t think I would be very good at that,” I admitted. But, a thought occurred to me. “Although we can start with why you can’t be in a room with Amity.”
Mac’s face immediately shut down. “Hard pass,” he said, then turned to Carter. “I’m heading back up to the bunk house. Tag will take the first watch, so I’m going to sleep while I can before I relieve him.”
Carter nodded. “I want to be back for the kids when they get home from school, but plan for me to join you on the night watch. Ethan, do you have any time to cover some hours?”
He was shaking his head as he brought his horse around so he was heading north. “Got to be back at the clinic for the seven pm shift.”
“Can I help?” I offered.
No times three was the immediate answer. I was about to take offense, when I realized I couldn’t actually help. I couldn’t shoot a rifle or save any of the calves. “Fair enough. I really wouldn’t know what to do against a wolf.”
“You’re the money woman.” Carter lifted his chin toward me. “We doing okay?”
“We haven’t lost anything, if that’s what you’re asking,” I told him. “But the major score I’m looking for doesn’t happen for a few days.”
“You keep your eye on the prize. We’ll keep our eyes out for wolves.”
“Okay,” I said. “Just make sure Annabelle’s calf doesn’t get eaten.”
“Annabelle?” Carter asked.
The brown cow with the big white nose blew airthrough her nose and stomped the ground. She knew who I was talking about.
“We connected at the soul level.” I explained, to an unamused Carter.
I tugged on Shirley’s reins to the right while also giving her a tap with my heel. She took the lead and turned in the direction to go back up the path we came.
I was anxious by the time I got back to the house to check the numbers. I had my phone and the alert system, but I’d been away too long. So, when I checked the investment and saw that we were doing more than okay, it was a tremendous relief. The trick when dealing with people’s money was always to set conservative expectations.
They had their job to do. And I had mine.
Settling down into the desk chair, I didn’t even think about changing back into my work clothes.
NINETEEN
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Diabloand I were beyond tired by the time I got him back to his stable for the night. Once I cooled him off, fed and watered him, I took myself off to my cabin. Although every fiber of me wanted to go in the direction of the Lodge, I knew I had to fight it. We were already crossing lines and breaking kissing rules.
And Dad would be wondering where I’d been the last twenty-four hours.
But, damn, kissing Sunshine had felt good and I wanted more of it. Even exhausted, I craved her taste.
Which is why it was smarter to head home to my empty bed and whatever Dad had in the fridge for me.
When I got to the cabin I could hear my dad laughing inside. I hoped like hell he was on the phone with one of his buddies back in Florida, because I was not up for entertaining. A hot shower, the leftovers of whatever he’d made for himself, even if it was franks and beans again, and then bed, in exactly that order.
I was so tired I might not even spend hours thinking about what it looked like, what it felt like, to sink my cockinto Sun’s wet and welcoming pussy. Or, maybe, I had just enough energy to jack off in the shower to that particular memory.
Opening the front door, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of Sunshine sitting at the small kitchen table playing chess with my dad.
My dad loved to play chess. I played him occasionally, but he was just better than me, so it wasn’t as much fun for him. Also, I hated losing.
