“Jacob asked, bouncing in the passenger seat.“Seat belt, Jacob.”“Mom, Eli’s ranch is right there.” He pointed out the front window of the squat house in the distance, black against the crimson sunset.“I don’t care. Wear your seat belt.”She could practically hear Jacob rolling his eyes as he pulled the belt over his shoulder.“I do think Lucky will be happy to see you,” she said, and Jacob all but glowed in the twilight. She should have done this a while ago. He’d been heartbroken when Eli had bou...ght that horse.It was on the tip of her tongue to ask her son if he thought Eli would be happy to see her. Not that he would have an answer, and she knew better than to ask. But she felt as though she was wandering into unchartered waters with only her son to protect her, and he was distracted by a deaf horse.Celeste had told her that Eli had been coming to the house every morning for a week. He’d sit there, eating a sandwich and glowering, yelling things at the crew. And then he’d leave before Victoria returned from dropping Jacob off at school.Today, one of the young electricians had almost started a fight with him until Amy and Gavin had pulled the kid away.It was time to face the lion in its den.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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