-Caleb- I didn’t go find Stumpy, even though he was overdue for a punch in the face. I went to find Girard instead. The men had all trundled into the cook tent and were loudly calling to Stumpy for grub. When Stumpy, standing behind the camp range, saw me enter the tent, he was suitably shaken. I
“No, sir. No problems,” Stumpy said quickly. Jacey’s back relaxed under my hand at those words. We took the only two side-by-side spaces left then started working on our hamburgers. I could feel the stares of the men on us. Or, rather, on Jacey. I’d never considered myself to be the caveman type,
Girard sighed. “Get her out of the tent. We need to take her to a doctor. Now,” Girard barked. For once, I didn’t argue with him. I got out of the tent then gently lifted Jacey into my arms. Girard pulled out a cell phone and called for a seaplane. “Two hours,” he grunted, disconnecting the call.
-Jacey- Caleb gave his gun to the Mountie who then had him put his hands behind his back. He cuffed him and started leading him away. “Hey!” I called weakly. “Hey, you can’t do that!” No one listened. Paramedics bustled over and picked up the stretcher, hefting me out of the seaplane and into an
I struggled in my cuffs. “I need Caleb. Nothing is going to be okay until we clear up this mess. And he deserves to know we lost the baby.” “You can ask the detective to get word to him. But right now, you need to rest,” the doctor insisted. “You’ll be out of here in a few days and in the custody o
Tears stung my eyes. “I just want him here. Can’t you bring him here?” “I’m sorry.” This time, the detective did look truly sorry. “This has to be cleared up first.” He patted my cuffed hand. “Get some rest. I’m sure things will look less bleak in the morning.” I turned my face away, and the detec
-Caleb- I’d demanded to see Jacey until I was blue in the face, but the Mounties had treated me just like the killer they thought I was and threw me into holding with some very, very scary characters. One was so big and pumped up he could have snapped me like a twig. The other gave off a vibe that
I looked at Jacey, who was hanging on my arm. “We both lost our wallets. We don’t have cab fare or anything like that. Honestly, I didn’t know Al was just going to drop us here.” “Oh. Well, that makes things a bit difficult…” The patrolman frowned. “Is there anyone you can call?” I sighed. “Not an
“So, I think you’ve been doing some snooping,” Ike said, leaning in the doorway.My eyes snapped upward, and I was sure I wasn’t hiding the hatred in them very well. “What the hell is all this?”“Your inheritance. You know, this makes it easier. Your grandfather and I were trying to figure out how t
I dropped the headphones and was about to go striding into the office to break up their nefarious little clique when I looked at Dawn’s screen. She’d left it unlocked.There was a folder open I’d never seen on the server before.I glanced over the monitor to make sure Dawn wasn’t on her way back the
-Will-I sat behind my grandfather’s desk, bored again. After private schools, Yale, and Harvard Business School, I was bored out of my mind. I’d followed my expected trajectory. I’d done everything expected of me.Only once did I ever step a toe out of line. Well, almost. I suggested, at one of my
-Jacey-“Mom? Where did Uncle Billy put the Fruity Pebbles?” McKenzie asked.She’d been home from her first year of college a week and had already settled right in like she owned the place. Billy had taken to hiding the Fruity Pebbles they both liked, one, because he thought it was hilarious, and tw
Shower. SHOWER!!! I stopped her jerking me off and helped her into the tub then followed her in and closed the floral curtain.Jacey went immediately for the soap, lathering up her hands and then starting to scrub me.“You’re trying to kill me, aren’t you,” I groaned when she washed my rigid cock.“
I should have been overjoyed. On some level, I was ecstatic. But anger bubbled up in me as well, and I gripped her upper arms and pushed her just far enough away that I could look her in the eyes. “Jacey, you’ve been icing me out for almost a month.”Her eyes welled with tears, but she quickly dashe
-Caleb-A month later, Masterson was in prison, and Jacey and I were back on the farm. She had spoken to me less and less as the weeks passed and was now icing me out altogether. I didn’t blame her. I’d given her false hope.But I’d been so sure Masterson was going to bungle it with Will. A bad nann
“Good luck with that. Look, I really am on your side. This plea bargain is a good thing. Twenty-five years isn’t a short prison sentence, and maybe in that amount of time, he’ll be able to reflect on his actions. Hell, I don’t know, maybe he’ll find Jesus. What I do know is Masterson can provide for
“I hear what you’re saying,” Officer Alexander replied slowly. “And Lord knows I agree with you, but there’s nothing we can do, Jacey. Nothing. Do you understand? I want you to tell me you understand before we go back out there. You can’t make a scene.”My hands balled into fists. “If they don’t wan