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Authors: Isadora Montrose
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And he was stronger than he looked. Steve would not have challenged him unless he wanted a brutal fight on his hands. And he suspected that winning would not be a given.
He made a note, however, to keep an eye on Cory. He knew that Teresita was Carlos and Rosa’s niece, but hadn’t realized that Rosa’s helper was so young. But seventeen or seventy, no woman deserved to have an asshole like Cory Saunders talking dirty about her. But was Saunders just a jerk, or was he something worse?
CHAPTER SEVEN
It was still cool, but this early May morning promised to be a scorcher. Steve didn’t think Colorado was quite done with spring yet, but today was heading for summer. Steve knocked on the back door of the Diego’s ranch house. From inside, Rosa called a welcome. She waved him to the large kitchen table where Carlos was already eating hominy cooked in milk. Steve exchanged greetings with the foreman and sat down. He prepared himself for another excellent meal and another installment of the Bascom family saga.
It seemed he couldn’t sit down to a meal without Rosa starting in on yet another story about the Bascoms. It was natural that she would think her employers people of importance, but he was beginning to think there would be a pop quiz soon. Neither Carlos nor Rosa had ever directly referred to his being Kenneth Bascom’s son. There had to be a reason he had not been spared a detail of his birth father’s glorious career as a quarterback at the local high school, or his twenty seconds of ignominious failure as a barrel rider.
He had heard all about the terrible highway accident that had led to the death of both Laura’s seventeen-year-old twin sister Bethany, and their mom. He had heard Carlos’s opinion of the official explanation for Captain Luther Bascom’s death. “Training exercises,” snorted Diego. “Fellow smart enough and tough enough to earn himself the DSO twice, wasn’t going to crash a helicopter.”
Unfortunately, tough and smart didn’t count when it came to handling helicopters. Given the wrong weather conditions, and enough bad luck, anyone could crash a chopper. But Steve didn’t try to correct Carlos. He nodded and listened.
“Mr. Clive he had it in his head that when Luther got the military out of his system, he would come back to the Double B and take over.” Diego shook his head sorrowfully.
“Well, he might have,” opined Rosa. “But I doubt it. He was never like Laura and Bethany. All those girls ever wanted was to be rodeo riders like their mom.” And then she was off telling some story that proved Brenda Bascom had earned every silver buckle she had worn and that Laura and her twin sister Bethany could have done the same as their mom.
Even though he thought both the Diegos knew his secret, Steve still didn’t want to come right out and announce it, because he was sure that would be the end of his job in the stables. He hadn’t figured out how else to stay close to Laura Bascom. She was nice to him. But she was nice to everyone, even that petulant brat Piper Belington, so he couldn’t take that personally. He needed a strategy that would get his ring on her finger.
It was starting to seem as though his plan to spy on the Bascoms had blown up in his face. He couldn’t think of a single way to announce to Laura and her father that he was a long lost cousin come to claim his inheritance without looking like a fortune hunter. Especially if he then segued into courting Laura. It would also be easy for them to think that his reluctance to offer his DNA, was a tacit admission that he knew his Y chromosome came from someone other than Kenny Bascom.
Rosa filled his coffee cup and put a bowl of hominy in front of him and handed him the pitcher of milk.
“Thank you.” he said, tucking in. The corn porridge was as good as everything else Rosa made.
Carlos glanced up from his food. “Did you have any trouble with Winnie last night?”
“No, sir. I checked on her around two
He made a note, however, to keep an eye on Cory. He knew that Teresita was Carlos and Rosa’s niece, but hadn’t realized that Rosa’s helper was so young. But seventeen or seventy, no woman deserved to have an asshole like Cory Saunders talking dirty about her. But was Saunders just a jerk, or was he something worse?
CHAPTER SEVEN
It was still cool, but this early May morning promised to be a scorcher. Steve didn’t think Colorado was quite done with spring yet, but today was heading for summer. Steve knocked on the back door of the Diego’s ranch house. From inside, Rosa called a welcome. She waved him to the large kitchen table where Carlos was already eating hominy cooked in milk. Steve exchanged greetings with the foreman and sat down. He prepared himself for another excellent meal and another installment of the Bascom family saga.
It seemed he couldn’t sit down to a meal without Rosa starting in on yet another story about the Bascoms. It was natural that she would think her employers people of importance, but he was beginning to think there would be a pop quiz soon. Neither Carlos nor Rosa had ever directly referred to his being Kenneth Bascom’s son. There had to be a reason he had not been spared a detail of his birth father’s glorious career as a quarterback at the local high school, or his twenty seconds of ignominious failure as a barrel rider.
He had heard all about the terrible highway accident that had led to the death of both Laura’s seventeen-year-old twin sister Bethany, and their mom. He had heard Carlos’s opinion of the official explanation for Captain Luther Bascom’s death. “Training exercises,” snorted Diego. “Fellow smart enough and tough enough to earn himself the DSO twice, wasn’t going to crash a helicopter.”
Unfortunately, tough and smart didn’t count when it came to handling helicopters. Given the wrong weather conditions, and enough bad luck, anyone could crash a chopper. But Steve didn’t try to correct Carlos. He nodded and listened.
“Mr. Clive he had it in his head that when Luther got the military out of his system, he would come back to the Double B and take over.” Diego shook his head sorrowfully.
“Well, he might have,” opined Rosa. “But I doubt it. He was never like Laura and Bethany. All those girls ever wanted was to be rodeo riders like their mom.” And then she was off telling some story that proved Brenda Bascom had earned every silver buckle she had worn and that Laura and her twin sister Bethany could have done the same as their mom.
Even though he thought both the Diegos knew his secret, Steve still didn’t want to come right out and announce it, because he was sure that would be the end of his job in the stables. He hadn’t figured out how else to stay close to Laura Bascom. She was nice to him. But she was nice to everyone, even that petulant brat Piper Belington, so he couldn’t take that personally. He needed a strategy that would get his ring on her finger.
It was starting to seem as though his plan to spy on the Bascoms had blown up in his face. He couldn’t think of a single way to announce to Laura and her father that he was a long lost cousin come to claim his inheritance without looking like a fortune hunter. Especially if he then segued into courting Laura. It would also be easy for them to think that his reluctance to offer his DNA, was a tacit admission that he knew his Y chromosome came from someone other than Kenny Bascom.
Rosa filled his coffee cup and put a bowl of hominy in front of him and handed him the pitcher of milk.
“Thank you.” he said, tucking in. The corn porridge was as good as everything else Rosa made.
Carlos glanced up from his food. “Did you have any trouble with Winnie last night?”
“No, sir. I checked on her around two
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