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of going without any of it must have sounded like a stint in pure hell.
“Yes, no-electricity-no-cars-no-television Amish.”
“Yeah, okay, he may be electronically challenged, but is he cute?”
Geoff was so not going there. He lowered his voice, not wanting Len to overhear, because he knew how this was going to sound. “He works for me. It doesn’t matter if he’s cute, gorgeous, sexy, or a stud and a half. I can’t be thinking about him or any of the guys who work for me like that. It wouldn’t be right.”
“It wouldn’t be right for you to do anything, but you have eyes. You can look, can’t you?”
“Raine! Can we please talk about something else?”
“What else is there to talk about? You moved away to become a poor farmer, leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves in the big city.”
God, Raine could be such a smartass. And Geoff was anything but a poor farmer. He’d reviewed all the accounts and had even gone to the bank to make sure they were right. The farm as it stood did very well, and his dad had set aside ten percent of the profits each year, for God knows how long, in an emergency fund to tide them through lean years. That fund was now enough to run the farm for five years. But there was no way he was telling Raine that. The man would be in the car in five minutes and on the way there to “help” Geoff spend it.
“You could always come for a visit. I’d love to take you riding.” Raine on a horse; now that would be a sight.
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“If you’ve never been on a horse, then you don’t know what you’re missing. Fifteen hundred pounds of hot, sweaty, pounding muscle between your legs. What more could you ask?” That set them both cackling to beat the band.
Geoff heard something in the background that sounded like Raine’s bell. “I gotta go,” Raine said.
“Okay, you have fun. I’ll talk to you later.” They disconnected and Geoff put the phone back in its cradle and joined Len in the living room. “Where’s Eli?” Geoff asked.
“Probably still in the barn. You know he never comes in until it’s almost too dark to see.”
“I gotta give him credit, the man works hard, really hard.” Len sat up in his chair. “He does, but I think he also doesn’t know what to do with his time. I suspect that his life in the community was quite regimented and full, so when he has extra time, he fills it with more work.” Geoff nodded, wondering what Len was getting at. “You go riding every morning—take him with you,” Len suggested. “He’d probably enjoy it; you’d have some company, and it would give him something to do besides work.” Geoff swallowed, the conversation with Raine fresh in his mind. But Len was right. It would probably do them both good.
“Thanks, Len.”
Instead of watching television, Geoff glanced out one of the windows and saw that the lights were still on in the barn. Leaving the room, he walked outside, the dogs greeting him right away.
“Come on, pups, let’s go see what Eli’s doing.” He walked toward the barn, the dogs following, their tails wagging.
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In the barn, he found Eli by Princess’s stall, the young man watching the mother and colt. The dogs ran up to him, and he smiled, patting and scratching the mutts.
“What’s up, Eli?”
His attention shifted from the dogs. “Just watching the colt.”
“You know you don’t have to stay out here. You can come in the house.”
Eli shrugged a little. “I know—”
“What is it?” Shit, of course. “You’re a little homesick, aren’t you?” Why hadn’t he thought of it before? This was probably the first time in his life that Eli had been away from his family. Of course he was homesick.
“What is homesick?” He looked up at Geoff, those blue eyes huge and longing.
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of going without any of it must have sounded like a stint in pure hell.
“Yes, no-electricity-no-cars-no-television Amish.”
“Yeah, okay, he may be electronically challenged, but is he cute?”
Geoff was so not going there. He lowered his voice, not wanting Len to overhear, because he knew how this was going to sound. “He works for me. It doesn’t matter if he’s cute, gorgeous, sexy, or a stud and a half. I can’t be thinking about him or any of the guys who work for me like that. It wouldn’t be right.”
“It wouldn’t be right for you to do anything, but you have eyes. You can look, can’t you?”
“Raine! Can we please talk about something else?”
“What else is there to talk about? You moved away to become a poor farmer, leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves in the big city.”
God, Raine could be such a smartass. And Geoff was anything but a poor farmer. He’d reviewed all the accounts and had even gone to the bank to make sure they were right. The farm as it stood did very well, and his dad had set aside ten percent of the profits each year, for God knows how long, in an emergency fund to tide them through lean years. That fund was now enough to run the farm for five years. But there was no way he was telling Raine that. The man would be in the car in five minutes and on the way there to “help” Geoff spend it.
“You could always come for a visit. I’d love to take you riding.” Raine on a horse; now that would be a sight.
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“If you’ve never been on a horse, then you don’t know what you’re missing. Fifteen hundred pounds of hot, sweaty, pounding muscle between your legs. What more could you ask?” That set them both cackling to beat the band.
Geoff heard something in the background that sounded like Raine’s bell. “I gotta go,” Raine said.
“Okay, you have fun. I’ll talk to you later.” They disconnected and Geoff put the phone back in its cradle and joined Len in the living room. “Where’s Eli?” Geoff asked.
“Probably still in the barn. You know he never comes in until it’s almost too dark to see.”
“I gotta give him credit, the man works hard, really hard.” Len sat up in his chair. “He does, but I think he also doesn’t know what to do with his time. I suspect that his life in the community was quite regimented and full, so when he has extra time, he fills it with more work.” Geoff nodded, wondering what Len was getting at. “You go riding every morning—take him with you,” Len suggested. “He’d probably enjoy it; you’d have some company, and it would give him something to do besides work.” Geoff swallowed, the conversation with Raine fresh in his mind. But Len was right. It would probably do them both good.
“Thanks, Len.”
Instead of watching television, Geoff glanced out one of the windows and saw that the lights were still on in the barn. Leaving the room, he walked outside, the dogs greeting him right away.
“Come on, pups, let’s go see what Eli’s doing.” He walked toward the barn, the dogs following, their tails wagging.
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In the barn, he found Eli by Princess’s stall, the young man watching the mother and colt. The dogs ran up to him, and he smiled, patting and scratching the mutts.
“What’s up, Eli?”
His attention shifted from the dogs. “Just watching the colt.”
“You know you don’t have to stay out here. You can come in the house.”
Eli shrugged a little. “I know—”
“What is it?” Shit, of course. “You’re a little homesick, aren’t you?” Why hadn’t he thought of it before? This was probably the first time in his life that Eli had been away from his family. Of course he was homesick.
“What is homesick?” He looked up at Geoff, those blue eyes huge and longing.
“It
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