The Bravo Bachelor

Gabe shook his head. Was he losing it or what?

Mary was watching him. “What?”

As if he would ever cop to getting all warm and fuzzy because they both called her baby Ginny. “Nothing. So Ida’s coming back to look after you, huh?”

She nodded. “It might be a few days until she and her sisters get things worked out and she can come home. And Dr. Breitmann said they’ll probably release me from the hospital tomorrow afternoon, if there are no complications. So in the meantime, until she gets here, Ida insists I’m supposed to get a doula to stay out at the house with us. Ida will foot the bill.”

“Okay, I’ll bite. What’s a doula?”

“Kind of a combination housekeeper, nanny and nurse.”

“Where do you find one?”

“Ida will make some calls and get back to me with some numbers.”

“Well, all right then. You’ll have a doula.”

Her eyes were shining. “So everything will work out—oh, and I told Ida all about you.”

He faked a scowl. “All about me.. .like what?”

“Like how you came over to try and get me to sell the Lazy H and ended up driving me to the hospital and sticking with me right through to the end. She says you’re a hero and she can’t wait to meet you—but to warn you that if you think I’ll sell that raggedy stretch of sagebrush and boulders Rowdy left me just because you came to my rescue in my hour of need, you’ve got another think coming.”

Ida’s warning didn’t surprise him. “She loves the ranch, too, huh?”

“Uh-uh. She hates it. It belonged to her husband and he made her live there when she wanted a house in town. He left it to Rowdy, knowing that if Ida got her hands on it, she’d sell it in a heartbeat.”

He couldn’t help thinking that maybe Ida was the one he should approach with BravoCorp’s offer. If he convinced her she needed to put the pressure on Mary for Mary’s own good, and Ginny’s, too…

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