Stay with Me (Cowboys of Crested Butte 4) - Page 49
“I have a feeling it’s too late for me with Bree.”
“Maybe. Then again, if you think about it, you were crazy about Renie. Am I right?”
“I was.”
“And you had a thing for Blythe too for a while.”
“Yep. You have a point?”
“When it’s right, it works. And when it isn’t, it doesn’t. If I remember correctly, you were pretty broken up about Renie. Didn’t take you long to move on.”
“Bree’s different,” Jace scowled.
“You know, I get the sense she is different.”
“I don’t want to move on from her.”
“Then don’t.”
When Bree came out of her bedroom the next morning, there was a man sleeping on her couch.
“Who the hell are you?” she screeched before she had a chance to think about it.
He rolled over and pulled the blanket up, over his bare chest. “I’m Bullet, ma’am. Lyric’s brother. I’m sorry if I scared ya, bein’ here.”
Lyric came flying out of her bedroom.
Bree held up her hand. “I’m sorry, Lyric. I didn’t realize you came back last night, and I didn’t mean to be rude to your brother.”
“Ah hell, don’t apologize to me. I was just about to apologize to you. We didn’t get in ’til almost four in the morning. I shoulda’ woke you up to tell you he was here.”
Bree walked over and held out her hand to the bewildered-looking man on her couch.
“I’m Bree,” she said.
He reached out from under the blanket and shook her hand. “I guess I already told you my name. It’s nice to meet you, ma’am. Lyric’s told me a lot about you.”
The three of them stayed in the same place, each waiting for the other to move. It dawned on Bree that Bullet might not have much clothing on under that blanket.
“Excuse me,” she said and went into the kitchen. “I’ll get some coffee started. Bullet, do you drink coffee?”
“Uh, no, ma’am, but thank you anyway.”
Figures, she thought. Bree needed at least two cups of coffee before she could function in the morning. She’d never seen Lyric drink it, and no one had more energy than Lyric did. Bullet was probably the same way.
“Why don’t you come with us?” Lyric asked her later, when they were getting ready to leave for Crested Butte.
“Thanks, but I just got home. I haven’t seen my parents yet.”
“But Blythe and Cochran are down there. Bet you’re missin’ them. Not to mention Jace.”
Lyric came close to talking her into going by mentioning Cochran. But as soon as she added Jace’s name, Bree remembered why she didn’t want to go.
“You’re right. I miss them, but I have to pass. I’ll see them the minute they get back.”
“Chicken shit,” she heard Lyric mumble.
Lyric wasn’t wrong. Part of her was afraid to see Jace because she knew her resolve would crumble if she did. Just thinking about him made her want to rewind their conversation.
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