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were
already at the table waiting for her.
    Both men stood at her entrance. “I'm sorry to
keep you all waiting on me” she said.
    Jake smiled sweetly, pulled out her chair and
replied. “No problem, we just got here ourselves.”
    Carmen brought in another great meal, just as
she always did. Fried pork chops, mashed potatoes, and of course
good old country biscuits and gravy.
    Katy Marie was extra excited this evening it
seemed and was chattering away as the foods were passed around the
table. Today had been the first day of school and already the
teacher was planning a play for the children. She was going to have
a lead role later in the fall and wanted Stormy to help her
practice her part.
    "You Bet I will" Stormy chimed in. “What part
are you playing?”
    “I'm going to be an angel who helps lost
children find their way back home after they get lost in the woods.
It's a very special part and the teacher said I'd be just perfect
for it.” She smiled excitedly.
    “Well, I know you're my little angel,” Jed
tweaked Katy Marie's nose gently. She giggled and went back to
eating.
    Stormy could not help but be drawn to the
gentleness that seemed to be in Jed, but she still had to keep her
guard up. Her thoughts were interrupted by Jake.
    “What are the books looking like for the
month? You got any questions for me?” He asked. “I don't mind
helping,” he said again.
    “The books look pretty good,” she answered.
“It seems we made a good profit on the few cattle we sold to our
neighbor, but the cost of supplies seemed a little high for our
size herd and ranch hands we have. Do you know anything about
that?” She asked.
    “Oh, Stormy, I just remembered, I promised
one of the guys in the bunk house I'd play in their poker game
tonight. We can go over the books tomorrow or the next day?” He
rose, put on his hat, and said a quick goodnight.
    “Well, he sure left in a hurry,” Jed
said.
    “It seemed like he couldn't get out of here
fast enough,” Stormy replied.

Chapter seven
    Sounds of the wagon stopping out front made
Stormy quickly finish her packing. She rushed downstairs and was
surprised to see Jed Rivers was there as well. He approached Stormy
and indicated she hand him her bags, which she did. She followed
him to the wagon and saw his gear stowed in the back as well. It
appears he thinks he is going with her on the trip.
    “What are your things doing in the wagon?”
Stormy asked.
    “Jake says no woman should be traveling alone
so he told me to go with you.”
    “Well, Jake Renner is not the boss of me and
I can make the trip by myself. I made it here by myself, didn’t I?”
Stormy asked, hands on her hips.
    Jed walked over and stood mere inches from
her creamy skin and full pink lips. “If you recall Ma’am, you met
up with some kind of “peeper” on your way here,” he couldn’t help
but chuckle. “Can’t be too safe, you know.”
    She couldn’t help but laugh and decided to
give in. Company might be kind of nice, especially when they looked
like Jed Rivers! “Well you can go on one condition,” Stormy pointed
her finger at Jed. “If we are going to spend almost a week together
you’d better start calling me Stormy.”
    “Alright…Stormy…Say your goodbyes and we will
be on our way. Need to make as much distance as we can before
nightfall.”
    Stormy said goodbye to Katy Marie and
promised her she would be back as soon as possible and told her to
be a good girl for Carmen.
    The air was crisp and the morning sun felt
good upon her skin, but she knew the weather in Kansas would be
changing soon and they had to get a move on for this trip. It would
take three days to get there, at least one day to gather up her
belongings, and three days back. So she would be away from the
ranch almost an entire week. This worried Stormy because of Jake.
She wasn’t certain he was doing something wrong but was starting to
get very suspicious of him. The fact he kept ignoring her attempts
to go