Texas Nights by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2019-03-21T12:55:57+00:00

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The alarm woke Cal Patterson at the usual hour. He rolled out of bed and stretched his arms high above his head, yawning loudly. On his way into the bathroom, he caught his reflection in the mirror and stopped to stare at himself. Hmm. Not much to look at. He wondered at this sudden need to examine his features. Probably had to do with Glen and Ellie getting married, he decided.

He’d grown pensive since the wedding. He’d found himself entertaining a number of intriguing notions after Ellie and his brother had left on their honeymoon. Like the fact that he missed Glen. Really missed him.

Glen. Married.

Even after the wedding, it still didn’t seem possible. They were brothers and partners in the Lonesome Coyote Ranch. Both had been born here, and as far as Cal was concerned he’d die here, too. The ranch was his life, his blood, his soul.

Glen was like him, a rancher at heart. Their ancestors had settled in Texas a century and a half before, and the family had been ranching one spread or another ever since. When the time was right, Cal suspected Glen would buy his own ranch, one closer to town since Ellie would need to travel in every day.

Cal had finished dressing when he heard a door close downstairs.

“Don’t tell me you’re still sleeping?” a voice called up. “What the hell kind of ranch are you running here?”

Glen? His brother was supposed to be on his honeymoon! Cal started down the stairs. “What are you doing here?” Cal shouted.

“I go away for a few days and this whole place goes to hell in a handbasket.”

Cal reached the bottom of the stairs, and the two brothers stared at each other. It’d barely been ten days since the wedding and yet it felt as if they’d been apart for ten years. They hugged with the fierce love of brothers who were also close friends.

“How was the Gulf?” Cal asked, breaking away and moving toward the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.

“Terrific,” Glen said, “although Ellie and I didn’t get outside much.”

Cal hadn’t expected that they would, seeing as this was their honeymoon. “I didn’t think you were due back for a couple of days yet.”

“We weren’t, but you know Ellie. She was worried about the feed store.”

“And you were worried about the ranch.”

Glen rubbed the side of his jaw. “Not...worried, exactly.”

The two laughed and Cal grabbed a couple of mugs. “So, is married life everything you hoped for?”

“More,” Glen said wistfully. “I knew I loved Ellie,” he continued, his voice thoughtful, “but I didn’t realize exactly how much until this past week. I feel like I’m the luckiest man alive. Hey, Cal? You might want to think about making the leap one day yourself.”

Cal let the comment slide and poured them each a cup of coffee. He handed one to his brother. “Ellie is special,” he said.

Glen sugared his coffee, and they talked business for the next forty minutes, then headed to the barn for the start of their day.

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