“Never.”
“Pardon me?” Lenora’s face screwed up into a question mark.
Luke reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper, holding it out before her. “This was waiting for me at Fort McKinney when I brought Jennings in this morning,” he said. “Sheriff Clarke hired my brother Matt to replace me.”
Lenora’s mouth fell open in surprise. “How did you manage that?”
“I told Matt he should apply for the job. That other fellow Clarke hired injured himself someplace between Collins and Laramie. It’ll be a while before he’s good for anything.”
“That’s very sad.”
“Sort of. Made Matt happy enough. He couldn’t wait to get deputized.”
“Why?”
“I told him about all the beautiful women who throw themselves at a badge.”
About the Author
Ginny Welch was raised in Santa Clara, California, where she earned a Bachelor’s in English. She married and moved to northern California where she earned a Master’s in communications at California State University, Chico and where she was first paid for her writing: $25 for a two-page magazine article on how to get a permanent job through temporary work. Since those early days she has worked as a newspaper (foods and politics) writer, book editor, proposal writer and editor, and freelancer—moving around the United States as she followed her husband’s job transfers. She has four grown children and now resides in Virginia. Crazy Woman Creek is her second novel.
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