Stepbrother Cowboy: A Western Romance (14 page)

“It’s no problem, pull up a chair and have some dinner,” Bill offered. One big family…

After we all ate and had our fill of coffee. We’d talked about what had happened, gossiped about the FBI and their case. I guess the county really was in a mess, and Tyler had been covering up a lot more than his nephew’s bizarre violent behavior. There was a small meth ring that always got away clean no matter how well Owen and other’s tried to catch them and a car theft ring… We saw Owen and the Judge out the door when we finished. Kyle, of course, was doing his best to impress and ran to hold the door open for them.

“Bye. Come house again,” Kyle shouted before closing the door hard, his accent cracking me up and the whole family was standing around me now, I was hugging them and laughing and when Alison leaned in, I gave her a kiss, everybody cheering us on.

“See, I want be sheriff cowboy like brother Cam,” Kyle yelled and we all broke up laughing.

“Maybe I want you to bring home a set of handcuffs to play with,” Alison whispered into my ear, and despite myself, I could already feel myself responding to her suggestion.

“I think I can figure that out. Sheriff or not.”             

“Good thing sheriff,” she teased me and kissed me again. We all sat down to eat some dessert. One big family, something I never realized I’d always wanted.

I felt as light as a kite and just as free.

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The End.

Angela Kelly is a pen name of Lee Moore’s. The name was conceived after wanting to write something different than the stories Lee is known for.
I write part time, many of the stories I write about had the idea started from something that happened to me in real life. Then I think about different ways things could have gone. Active Imagination I guess…

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