A Western Romance: Love Storm - Western Historical Romance: (Western Fiction, Western Books, Western Brides) (Leap of Love Series Book 4) by Paige Powers
Authors: Paige Powers
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"Gentlemen, you can all retire for the night. We will reconvene in the morning at the sheriff's office to go over what is needed to wrap up the case and continue our hunt for Red Davies."
"If you don't mind, Lou, me and the sheriff are going to stay here and be on the look out for you. We don't want to go through this again."
"All right, Brinker. If that is what you want."
Simmons helped Bianca down from the wagon. She wanted so badly to get into the house, take a bath, and relax in her own bed with her own clothing.
Lou held her hand as they entered the house. Everything smelled the same, and everything was in the same place as when she left it. It was a crazy thought that things would change over the course of a week, but maybe it was not so crazy a thought. She had changed over the course of a week.
Bianca started up the stairs toward her room.
"Sweetheart, can we talk for a moment?"
Bianca stopped on the stairs. "Father, I would really like to change and go to my room and relax."
Lou stared at her. "I understand. I just think we need to talk."
Bianca turned around and came back downstairs. "I'm here."
Lou twirled his moustache. "Are you all right?" He came over to where she stood.
"I am, Father. I am perfectly fine."
"Please, tell me what happened."
Bianca sighed. She was not ready to discuss what happened. All she wanted was to go to bed, but she knew that her father would not have it.
"All that matters is that I'm fine now. I really don't want to recount everything now because I'm going to have to tell the same story all over again at the sheriff's office later today."
Lou opened his mouth to speak, but closed it.
"I am fine, Father."
"I knew that I should not have let you go." When Lou spoke, anger spewed.
Bianca tried to stay calm. "Father, you have to let go."
"No, I don't." He turned around, accenting his words with his hands flying in the air. "You are my responsibility and I must take care of you. If I had not agreed to let you go to the market alone, this would not have happened."
"Father! That is not the problem. Red Davies was coming for revenge anyway. It was your business decisions that resulted in my kidnapping. Not my desire to be more independent."
As soon as the words escaped her lips, Bianca instantly regretted saying it in such a fashion.
"You silly girl! You think that you know everything." Lou was pacing the room.
"Father," Bianca started.
"No. I think you had better listen to me. I have been in utter hell over here, worried about where you have been, and wondering if you were hurt or even worse. Wondering if you were dead. I know that I have more enemies than I do friends. And to know that you were abducted by someone that has," Lou paused. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"To know that what you just went through was because of me kills me, Bianca. It just kills me. And I must apologize."
The words hit Bianca like a ton of bricks. She had not expected to hear an apology from her father.
"Father, I don't know what to say."
He shook his head. "It's fine. Really. I'm just happy that you are home, and that you are safe, and that this nightmare is over."
For the first time, Bianca saw some vulnerability in her father. It was endearing, and she was not quite sure how to respond.
Lou stood there for a moment, and then came over to hug her. His arms around her made her melt. For once, her father recognized that he had done something wrong, and that things had not gone exactly the way that he planned. The Lou Simmons who was always in charge and always in control was not the man that was in front of her. This man that was standing there in front of her was a man who was willing to admit his mistakes and was willing to possibly be a different man.
Maybe even tell her more about her mother.
"I'm glad to have you back, Sweetheart." Lou let her go with a kiss on the forehead.
"I'm glad to be home. I truly am."
As Lou started to walk off, Bianca thought that would
"Gentlemen, you can all retire for the night. We will reconvene in the morning at the sheriff's office to go over what is needed to wrap up the case and continue our hunt for Red Davies."
"If you don't mind, Lou, me and the sheriff are going to stay here and be on the look out for you. We don't want to go through this again."
"All right, Brinker. If that is what you want."
Simmons helped Bianca down from the wagon. She wanted so badly to get into the house, take a bath, and relax in her own bed with her own clothing.
Lou held her hand as they entered the house. Everything smelled the same, and everything was in the same place as when she left it. It was a crazy thought that things would change over the course of a week, but maybe it was not so crazy a thought. She had changed over the course of a week.
Bianca started up the stairs toward her room.
"Sweetheart, can we talk for a moment?"
Bianca stopped on the stairs. "Father, I would really like to change and go to my room and relax."
Lou stared at her. "I understand. I just think we need to talk."
Bianca turned around and came back downstairs. "I'm here."
Lou twirled his moustache. "Are you all right?" He came over to where she stood.
"I am, Father. I am perfectly fine."
"Please, tell me what happened."
Bianca sighed. She was not ready to discuss what happened. All she wanted was to go to bed, but she knew that her father would not have it.
"All that matters is that I'm fine now. I really don't want to recount everything now because I'm going to have to tell the same story all over again at the sheriff's office later today."
Lou opened his mouth to speak, but closed it.
"I am fine, Father."
"I knew that I should not have let you go." When Lou spoke, anger spewed.
Bianca tried to stay calm. "Father, you have to let go."
"No, I don't." He turned around, accenting his words with his hands flying in the air. "You are my responsibility and I must take care of you. If I had not agreed to let you go to the market alone, this would not have happened."
"Father! That is not the problem. Red Davies was coming for revenge anyway. It was your business decisions that resulted in my kidnapping. Not my desire to be more independent."
As soon as the words escaped her lips, Bianca instantly regretted saying it in such a fashion.
"You silly girl! You think that you know everything." Lou was pacing the room.
"Father," Bianca started.
"No. I think you had better listen to me. I have been in utter hell over here, worried about where you have been, and wondering if you were hurt or even worse. Wondering if you were dead. I know that I have more enemies than I do friends. And to know that you were abducted by someone that has," Lou paused. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"To know that what you just went through was because of me kills me, Bianca. It just kills me. And I must apologize."
The words hit Bianca like a ton of bricks. She had not expected to hear an apology from her father.
"Father, I don't know what to say."
He shook his head. "It's fine. Really. I'm just happy that you are home, and that you are safe, and that this nightmare is over."
For the first time, Bianca saw some vulnerability in her father. It was endearing, and she was not quite sure how to respond.
Lou stood there for a moment, and then came over to hug her. His arms around her made her melt. For once, her father recognized that he had done something wrong, and that things had not gone exactly the way that he planned. The Lou Simmons who was always in charge and always in control was not the man that was in front of her. This man that was standing there in front of her was a man who was willing to admit his mistakes and was willing to possibly be a different man.
Maybe even tell her more about her mother.
"I'm glad to have you back, Sweetheart." Lou let her go with a kiss on the forehead.
"I'm glad to be home. I truly am."
As Lou started to walk off, Bianca thought that would
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