Chapter Twenty-Three
Brodie strolled through the doors of the Trading Post in high spirits. Half his winnings were in his pocket, the other half in the bank. He’d dutifully paid Jimmy and his brother their two cases of beer for having lost at team roping and had stuck around the grounds to enjoy a few with them and some of the other local ranchers.
He scanned the crowd for Jamey. He couldn’t wait to pick up where they’d left off this afternoon. The whole drive over from the fairgrounds, his mind had traveled a very naughty road, one that ended with the two of them tangled in the sheets on his bed.
Blake, Maddie, her cousins, and some of the lodge guests, including Mason Carter, were grouped around one of the pool tables in the back, but he didn’t see Jamey. Until he caught a flash of re
