Lone Wolf's Lady. Judy Duarte
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Название: Lone Wolf's Lady
Автор: Judy Duarte
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Исторические любовные романы
isbn: 9781472072818
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“I’m delighted to have you.” Hannah turned to Tom. “Son, will you please put some water on to heat? These young ladies are going to need a bath. In the meantime, I’ll get supper underway.”
“I hate to be a bother,” Katie said.
“It’s no bother at all. Any friend of Tom’s is a friend of mine.”
Tom had said as much, but Katie suspected the kindly woman would have taken in anyone who’d needed a warm meal and a soft bed.
“We won’t be staying with you very long,” Katie told her. “Erin and I have plans to take Sarah Jane to Wyoming.”
Tom’s smile waned, and his expression grew stern. “I thought we had that settled.”
“We did get that settled. You’re going to Stillwater to check on a few details, and my plan to leave for Wyoming merely has been delayed until you get back.”
Tom shot her a glance that suggested their truce might be short-lived, then he clucked his tongue and returned to the buckboard.
* * *
While the women went into the house, Tom unhitched the team and led them to the corral, where he could brush them down and give them some grain and water.
All the while, he grumbled under his breath. He’d lowered his guard when it came to dealing with Katie O’Malley, and now that they’d reached Hannah’s house, she was back in rare form.
Where was Trapper when he needed another man to even things out?
He’d no more than wondered that question when Lobo’s ears perked up and he barked.
A moment later, Tom heard it, too—the sound of a horse riding onto the property. As Lobo made a dash toward the road, Tom placed his right hand over the gun that rested in his holster.
He hadn’t thought they’d been followed, but he couldn’t be sure. A sense of uneasiness had dogged him from Pleasant Valley, and he hadn’t been able to shake it.
Still, he was glad to spot Trapper riding up on his Appaloosa. He released the team of horses into the corral, then met his old friend in the yard.
As Trapper dismounted, he surveyed the buckboard and scrunched his face. “What’s that contraption?”
Tom told him about the assault and why he’d brought Erin and Sarah Jane to Hannah.
Trapper, who’d gotten a shave and a haircut after his return from Pleasant Valley, lifted his hat and mopped his brow. “Something just don’t seem right.”
“That’s the conclusion I came to back in Pleasant Valley. We trailed Caroline from Casa de Los Angelitos in Mexico. And each time she’d settle down in a town and find a respectable job, she’d pack up and move a year or so later. But they stayed in Taylorsville nearly two years. So why didn’t Erin stay put after Caroline died? Why would she take Sarah Jane to live at the Gardener’s House? It doesn’t make sense.”
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