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Authors: Kimberly Kaye Terry
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like a cheesy villain in a badly produced horror flick.
“Hey, you! When did you get back in town?” he asked, as though he hadn’t been aware she was in the stable. He gave his own mare a final wipe down before closing and locking the horse’s stall.
He threw Sonia a grin, casually, as he quickly strode to her side.
“Let me help you with that,” Nick said, hustling to reach her in time to take the horse’s reins from Sonia’s surprised grasp.
She tilted her head to the side and stared up at him, a question on her pretty face.
“What? Can’t a man help his favorite sister-in-law out?” he asked.
“Favorite sister-in-law, huh?” Sonia replied. One hand on her hip in question. “How about only sister-in-law?” she asked with a laugh, but allowed him to take the reins. As she followed him to the horse’s stall, he felt her eyes on his back the entire time.
He knew he had about as much chance of getting something sneaky past Sonia as he did his brother: nil to no chance at all.
But unlike his brother, with Sonia he stood a chance of leaning, heavily, on the whole “you owe me” thing he had going.
As far as using the guilt trip for his brother... He wanted to save that one. For the time he really needed to call in a favor.
Not that he thought she truly did owe him for the coming together of her and his brother. He knew that eventually the two would have done so, with or without his help.
“So what’s up, brother-in-law? What do you want? Want to meet one of the interns I just hired? Listen, after that last fiasco where we had to call the police, I prefer we keep business and personal separate!”
“No! I don’t want to meet your intern!” he railed as he began to lead the horse away. “It’s nothing like that. Geesh, does it always have to be me wanting to meet a woman, for me to want to help my sister-in-law out?”
Sonia gave him a look.
He swore.
“You know you’re becoming more and more like my brother every day!” he complained as he led her horse inside its stall.
She laughed and went over to grab the feed for the horse as Nick began to rub it down.
“Sorry, Pika” she said, smiling affectionately at the faux look of offense on his handsome face. “Okay. Thank you for the help. I was wrong. You’re sweet as pie. And so generous. And helpful... Did I mention helpful?” she asked, holding back a laugh.
The jig was up. She knew he wanted something from her. Hell, he might as well get on with it.
“Okay, here it is,” he began, pausing slightly when he heard her choke back a laugh. “I want you to help me convince Key to attend a family dinner.”
She frowned as she brought the feed pail over to her mare.
“What’s so hard about that? That’s cake. We eat dinner as a family all the time! And now with Dad out of the hospital and almost back to a hundred percent, family dinners are a regular thing. Which I love! In fact, I was thinking of asking Mahi to make me some of his delicious—”
“Sonia, wait a minute!” he broke in, laughing and shaking his head at his sister-in–law’s enthusiasm for Mahi’s cooking...and family. For a moment the smile lingered on his face as he glanced over at her and her face lit up. “I wasn’t talking about just the immediate family. I was thinking more along the lines of inviting someone—” He stopped, inhaled. Finished, “A woman.”
And waited for it. It being her reaction.
He didn’t have long to wait.
Sonia spun around so fast on her booted feet she nearly did a three-sixty, her spin worthy of making any prima ballerina envious.
He snickered but leaped to where she stood, reaching out a hand to steady her on her feet.
“I’ll take this!” he said, taking the pail of feed from her hands and hooking it on to the attachment on the wall.
He gently swatted her mare’s rear end, encouraging it to go and eat.
“Okay. Now back it up, mister. Wh-what? You? Invite someone to dinner... A woman? ” she asked,
“Hey, you! When did you get back in town?” he asked, as though he hadn’t been aware she was in the stable. He gave his own mare a final wipe down before closing and locking the horse’s stall.
He threw Sonia a grin, casually, as he quickly strode to her side.
“Let me help you with that,” Nick said, hustling to reach her in time to take the horse’s reins from Sonia’s surprised grasp.
She tilted her head to the side and stared up at him, a question on her pretty face.
“What? Can’t a man help his favorite sister-in-law out?” he asked.
“Favorite sister-in-law, huh?” Sonia replied. One hand on her hip in question. “How about only sister-in-law?” she asked with a laugh, but allowed him to take the reins. As she followed him to the horse’s stall, he felt her eyes on his back the entire time.
He knew he had about as much chance of getting something sneaky past Sonia as he did his brother: nil to no chance at all.
But unlike his brother, with Sonia he stood a chance of leaning, heavily, on the whole “you owe me” thing he had going.
As far as using the guilt trip for his brother... He wanted to save that one. For the time he really needed to call in a favor.
Not that he thought she truly did owe him for the coming together of her and his brother. He knew that eventually the two would have done so, with or without his help.
“So what’s up, brother-in-law? What do you want? Want to meet one of the interns I just hired? Listen, after that last fiasco where we had to call the police, I prefer we keep business and personal separate!”
“No! I don’t want to meet your intern!” he railed as he began to lead the horse away. “It’s nothing like that. Geesh, does it always have to be me wanting to meet a woman, for me to want to help my sister-in-law out?”
Sonia gave him a look.
He swore.
“You know you’re becoming more and more like my brother every day!” he complained as he led her horse inside its stall.
She laughed and went over to grab the feed for the horse as Nick began to rub it down.
“Sorry, Pika” she said, smiling affectionately at the faux look of offense on his handsome face. “Okay. Thank you for the help. I was wrong. You’re sweet as pie. And so generous. And helpful... Did I mention helpful?” she asked, holding back a laugh.
The jig was up. She knew he wanted something from her. Hell, he might as well get on with it.
“Okay, here it is,” he began, pausing slightly when he heard her choke back a laugh. “I want you to help me convince Key to attend a family dinner.”
She frowned as she brought the feed pail over to her mare.
“What’s so hard about that? That’s cake. We eat dinner as a family all the time! And now with Dad out of the hospital and almost back to a hundred percent, family dinners are a regular thing. Which I love! In fact, I was thinking of asking Mahi to make me some of his delicious—”
“Sonia, wait a minute!” he broke in, laughing and shaking his head at his sister-in–law’s enthusiasm for Mahi’s cooking...and family. For a moment the smile lingered on his face as he glanced over at her and her face lit up. “I wasn’t talking about just the immediate family. I was thinking more along the lines of inviting someone—” He stopped, inhaled. Finished, “A woman.”
And waited for it. It being her reaction.
He didn’t have long to wait.
Sonia spun around so fast on her booted feet she nearly did a three-sixty, her spin worthy of making any prima ballerina envious.
He snickered but leaped to where she stood, reaching out a hand to steady her on her feet.
“I’ll take this!” he said, taking the pail of feed from her hands and hooking it on to the attachment on the wall.
He gently swatted her mare’s rear end, encouraging it to go and eat.
“Okay. Now back it up, mister. Wh-what? You? Invite someone to dinner... A woman? ” she asked,
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