Only Her

“I just try to be kind to everyone which is hurting us with Tag right now. I shouldn’t have let this drag on as long as I did and we wouldn’t be in this mess with him.”

“Maybe he’s over it now. We haven’t heard anything since this hospital?” Luka told her.

“I hate to tell you this but Isaac stopped by this morning. The council forced him out of office this morning after his behavior at the hospital. The Chief had to escort him out of the town hall and sent Isaac here to give me a warning about all the threats he was making towards us as he left.”

Luka rose and walked to the sink where the coffee maker was sitting on the counter. “I’m not worried about me. I can handle myself with Tag Richardson but I’m worried about you and Ava. What if I’m not here?”

“Do you really think he’s going to do something?”

“I don’t know,” Luka replied. “He’s a hothead, Skylar. You never know with somebody like him. He shot at you hoping to knock you off Majestic. I really don’t think he meant to hurt you.” He turned with his cup in hand. “He didn’t count on Ava seeing him.”

“I would agree with that.”

“But now he’s been caught so he’s coming unglued. He lost the mayor’s seat. What’s next?”

“I don’t know,” Skylar replied.

Chapter 17

Ramona arrived at the ranch to help Skylar with Chloe’s birthday party. Their youngest sister was arriving within the next half hour. They had called Roxy to see if she would come home for the weekend but she couldn’t make it.

D.L. had to cancel because his daughter was sick that morning so they rescheduled their session for Monday morning. Skylar reassured him that Luka would be available to meet his sons on Monday. Both teenagers were beyond excited about meeting the retired heavyweight MMA champion. Skylar was starting to understand the fact that he was famous. A lot of people knew who he was. It didn’t matter t

o her. Ava got a kick out of it though.

“I’m here,” Ramona grumbled. The screen door slammed shut behind her.

“What’s wrong?”

“Just one of those days. I feel so tired I can hardly get moving. When does that get better?” She asked.

“Probably another four weeks,” Sky told her. She was standing in her kitchen doorway. “You and I need to talk.” She told her about the conversation Brett had with Luka in front of Ava.

“I’ve been working nights so I could take this whole weekend off or I would have told him already. We see each other in the morning for like five minutes.”

Sky laughed at her. “Has he moved in with you?”

“Practically.” Ramona smiled. “And I like it Sky. I really do love him.” She glanced around. “Where is Luka and Ava?”

“Ave is out in the barn feeding the animals. Luka is running errands for me. He won’t be back for a couple hours with the amount of stuff I gave him.”

They were making lists when the screen door slammed shut again.

“You really need to fix that spring so it stops that,” Ramona told her.

They both got up from the table and went to the hallway to see who had arrived. “Roxy, you said you couldn’t come.” Sky went down the hall with her sister right behind her.

“God, you’re a brat,” Ramona told her.

Her dark haired sister like Skylar was just a little taller than her and slender too. Her hair was cut in a pixie style. Her eyes danced with mischief. “I wanted to surprise Chloe. She’s so disappointed because I can’t come.”

“Wait until she sees you,” Sky told her hugging her before heading back to the kitchen where her phone was ringing. “Hello?”

Luka needed direction on some of the things on her list. She went to the window and gazed out into the barnyard. Her daughter was playing with the goats. When they hung up she sat at the table with her sisters. “Why didn’t you bring the guy you said you’ve been dating?” Ramona asked.

“I thought it would be awkward. We’ve only been together about two months. I didn’t want to spring the family on him so soon.” Roxy gazed across the table at her sister. “So Luka came home,” she said to Skylar.

“He did.”