Page 16 of Her Cowboy Christmas
“Hey, man!What’s going on?”
“I got shot, Cole.”
My stomach drops, and I freeze.“What?You all right?”
“I’m okay, or I will be.”
“Where are you at?”
“Just got stateside.Langley.”
“What do you need?”I ask, mentally making plans to leave the ranch for the East Coast to help him.
“Right now, I need a place to go.”
“Yeah, come to Wolf Valley.I’ll get a room set up for you.”
“Are you sure?”
“Come on, brother.”
I picture him smiling as I sit on my bed.
“What am I going to do in the middle of nowhere?”he demands.
I roll my eyes.“It’s a town, asshole.Plenty to do.Hell, with your skill set, I bet you could work the counter at the local burger joint.”
He laughs.“Fuck you.I’d be running that burger place in a week.”
“Uh-huh.”I run a hand through my hair.“You still at the hospital?”
“Yeah, they release me in a few days.”
“You should’ve called me.I would’ve been there for you, man.”
“I know.But I was so drugged up that I didn’t know what day it was, let alone where I was.”
I groan.“I get that.”
Devon snorts.“Yeah, you had to be a showoff and get shot twice.”
“Yeah, I mean, I’m not saying I’m stronger than you or anything…”
He laughs.
“I’ll get a room set up for you.Let me know your flight info, and I’ll come and get you from the airport.”
“Thanks, man.”
“Of course.”
“What’s new with you?”
“I met someone.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.Her name’s Blair.She works at the bank here in town.She’s so cool, man.Funny, smart as hell, and so damn pretty.”
