The Cowboy Who Came In From The Cold

“She taught one of my senior year classes.”

Patrice tried to picture a younger high-school-age Stone. She would bet money he’d been breaking hearts even then.

“I always wished I could be in a class of hers. Was she a good teacher?”

“The best. One of the only English classes I enjoyed in school.” A wistful smile curved his lips. “I met Val in Mrs. Winston’s English class.”

Patrice made a mental note to ask her grandmother about Val and Stone. She wasn’t sure what good knowing about the other woman would do, other than give her an idea of the kind of woman Stone was attracted to. A topic she was better off not exploring.

Before she knew it, the light coming in through the windows was starting to fade.

“I’d better make a trip out back before it gets dark,” she said.

“Good idea.”

Once the necessities and dinner were taken care of, Stone went out and closed the shutters for the night. “We’ll open them again during the day tomorrow.”

They settled in on opposite sides of the couch with their books.

“I keep forgetting to ask, what do the C and G over the door stand for?” Patrice said.

“That’s our brand. Baron Garrett Cattle Company.”

“Baron Garrett as in Baron and Garrett, or titled aristocracy?”

“The baron claimed to be titled. But he arrived here in the 1890s. Back then, as slow as news traveled, he could have claimed to be the king of England himself and no one would have been able to prove otherwise. There’s a portrait of him at the ranch. Tall, blond, very aristocratic looking.”

“Is there any way to find out whether he was really a baron?”

“I’m sure there is. Val talked about researching and finding out the truth, but she didn’t get around to it.”

“Val was your wife?”

“Yes. I told her she only wanted to know because she wanted to say she was a baroness.”

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