it, she don’t want to talk to you, son.”
“Yeah, Jess. I’d give her some time to cool off if I were you,” Jax put in.
Jess looked at him, hated to admit Jax and Bailey were right, but the fact glared at him. He cursed under his breath and stomped off toward the barn and stable.
A hard ride on Clipper would do him some good.
But when he neared the stall that housed his horse, he spent several minutes trying to calm himself down and get into a frame of Ebook piracy is stealing. It is a federal offense.
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mind where he wouldn’t just take the horse out and ride him into the ground. Clipper deserved better than that.
When Jess turned the corner to the horse’s stall, the animal whinnied in greeting, looking about as happy to see him as anyone ever had.
Jess rubbed Clipper’s neck, reassuringly talking to him, calming himself down some more, as well as calming the horse. He could kick himself for not bringing the animal a treat, wondering more and more if a ride would help. He’d just be running away from his problems, and Jess didn’t do that.
But then he’d done a lot of things in the last twenty-four hours that he didn’t usually do, lying to someone he cared about number one on the list.
When he’d first seen Tamara in the airport terminal looking so vulnerable and lost, and as far away from the intimidating, city-slicker, attorney-at-law picture he had nurtured of her over the years, Jess’s heart had immediately thawed. The thoughts of anger and half-assed vindication because the girl had gone off and made a life for herself without him and Jax, disappeared. In their place stood reconciliation and the idea that if he could just get her to see him the man and not the boy she remembered, he could get her to care about him .
He’d made a grave error in judgment to say the least and now Tamara hated him if he went by that slap. More than the slap, however, had been her words that hurt, especially that sleazy part. He spent his life trying to be as far away from sleazy as he could get.
Wouldn’t it just figure that the one time he decided to act out of character it would rear up to bite him in butt? And the one person honesty counted with the most he had made the mistake of lying to.
Jess rubbed his jaw now, remembering the blow and the fire that had lit Tamara’s dark eyes when she’d given him a piece of her mind.
He’d actually been a little turned on by her anger. What kind of foolishness did he entertain?
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“Hey, pardner.”
Jess almost leaped out of his skin before he turned to see Jax leaning against the door of the stall, long legs crossed at the ankles and hands behind his back. He looked back at Clipper and said, “You could have warned me.”
“Don’t get mad at Clipper. He knows what side his bread is buttered. Don’t you, boy?” Jax pushed off the door and made his way over, bringing his hands from behind his back where he held a fresh shiny apple in one hand. “Besides, he did snort, you were just too wrapped up in your moping to notice.”
Clipper neighed and nodded his head as if to agree.
Jax rubbed the animal’s nose and fed him the apple. Clipper greedily bit into the piece of fruit, finishing it in a couple of bites.
“Thanks, Jax.”
“I figured he’d need a little sustenance before you ran him ragged.”
“Not for the apple, although I’m sure Clipper appreciates it, but…just thanks.”
“Still need to go out for a ride?”
“I changed my mind about riding before you got here. At least until I calm down a little more. I’ll have to find some other way to work out my frustrations than running a poor animal ragged.” Jess turned to his brother. “How’d you know I came out here?”
“As kids and whenever I got us into a pickle or you got upset about
“Yeah, Jess. I’d give her some time to cool off if I were you,” Jax put in.
Jess looked at him, hated to admit Jax and Bailey were right, but the fact glared at him. He cursed under his breath and stomped off toward the barn and stable.
A hard ride on Clipper would do him some good.
But when he neared the stall that housed his horse, he spent several minutes trying to calm himself down and get into a frame of Ebook piracy is stealing. It is a federal offense.
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mind where he wouldn’t just take the horse out and ride him into the ground. Clipper deserved better than that.
When Jess turned the corner to the horse’s stall, the animal whinnied in greeting, looking about as happy to see him as anyone ever had.
Jess rubbed Clipper’s neck, reassuringly talking to him, calming himself down some more, as well as calming the horse. He could kick himself for not bringing the animal a treat, wondering more and more if a ride would help. He’d just be running away from his problems, and Jess didn’t do that.
But then he’d done a lot of things in the last twenty-four hours that he didn’t usually do, lying to someone he cared about number one on the list.
When he’d first seen Tamara in the airport terminal looking so vulnerable and lost, and as far away from the intimidating, city-slicker, attorney-at-law picture he had nurtured of her over the years, Jess’s heart had immediately thawed. The thoughts of anger and half-assed vindication because the girl had gone off and made a life for herself without him and Jax, disappeared. In their place stood reconciliation and the idea that if he could just get her to see him the man and not the boy she remembered, he could get her to care about him .
He’d made a grave error in judgment to say the least and now Tamara hated him if he went by that slap. More than the slap, however, had been her words that hurt, especially that sleazy part. He spent his life trying to be as far away from sleazy as he could get.
Wouldn’t it just figure that the one time he decided to act out of character it would rear up to bite him in butt? And the one person honesty counted with the most he had made the mistake of lying to.
Jess rubbed his jaw now, remembering the blow and the fire that had lit Tamara’s dark eyes when she’d given him a piece of her mind.
He’d actually been a little turned on by her anger. What kind of foolishness did he entertain?
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“Hey, pardner.”
Jess almost leaped out of his skin before he turned to see Jax leaning against the door of the stall, long legs crossed at the ankles and hands behind his back. He looked back at Clipper and said, “You could have warned me.”
“Don’t get mad at Clipper. He knows what side his bread is buttered. Don’t you, boy?” Jax pushed off the door and made his way over, bringing his hands from behind his back where he held a fresh shiny apple in one hand. “Besides, he did snort, you were just too wrapped up in your moping to notice.”
Clipper neighed and nodded his head as if to agree.
Jax rubbed the animal’s nose and fed him the apple. Clipper greedily bit into the piece of fruit, finishing it in a couple of bites.
“Thanks, Jax.”
“I figured he’d need a little sustenance before you ran him ragged.”
“Not for the apple, although I’m sure Clipper appreciates it, but…just thanks.”
“Still need to go out for a ride?”
“I changed my mind about riding before you got here. At least until I calm down a little more. I’ll have to find some other way to work out my frustrations than running a poor animal ragged.” Jess turned to his brother. “How’d you know I came out here?”
“As kids and whenever I got us into a pickle or you got upset about
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