“Says the woman who’s traipsing alone after dark.”
She dismissed that comment with a wrinkle of her nose. “I used to have a pet skunk. It behaved itself right smart as long as you acted real calm, but the last thing you wanted to do was to surprise it. Once Jeremiah ran up on it…”
“I’m not in the mood for a story, Miss Huckabee.”
There. He’d surprised her again.
“How did you know my name?” Her eyes narrowed before widening in realization. “Mr. Sanders. He said it, didn’t he? See, you’re not all that clever. A clever man would’ve made arrangements before nightfall.”
No use in reminding her that the train was late. He’d find no sympathy, nor did he desire it. Dark cabins lined the street on both sides of them, and a cleared green of some kind waited ahead—the town square, from the looks of it. He raised his head to follow the silhouette of the mountains before him. More cheers rang out, thinned over the distance. A dog barked incessantly, and a volley of gunshots made his teeth grind.
She sighed. “Sounds like the fun is over and I missed it again.” She lifted a hand and flopped it in his direction. “Jailhouse is straight ahead. Probably locked up, but you can catch some shuteye under the hanging oak if the raccoons don’t bother you. Just stay out of sight from the road. Loitering after dark isn’t admired around here.”
She shivered and tucked her hands into her coat pockets, making for the nearest cabin. Just before she slipped inside, leaving Joel stranded in the middle of the street, she gave him another one of those devastating smiles.
“Sleep tight and welcome to Pine Gap.”
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About the Author
Regina Jennings graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in English and a history minor and has been reading historicals ever since. She is the author of A Most Inconvenient Marriage, which won the National Readers Choice Award for Best Inspirational Novel of 2014, as well as Sixty Acres and a Bride and Caught in the Middle, and contributed a novella to A Match Made in Texas. Regina has worked at the Mustang News and First Baptist Church of Mustang, along with time at the Oklahoma National Stockyards and various livestock shows. She makes her home outside Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband and four children and can be found online at www.reginajennings.com.
Books by Regina Jennings
Sixty Acres and a Bride
Love in the Balance
Caught in the Middle
A Most Inconvenient Marriage
At Love’s Bidding
An Unforeseen Match from A Match Made in Texas: A Novella Collection
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