Why hadn’t anyone gotten her up in time to help feed the cattle? Not that she’d been much help the last time, but she couldn’t let a chance to sit on the back of a hay wagon with Scott pass her by. She jumped out of bed, took a quick shower and ran downstairs. From the silence in the house, she knew she was already too late.Scott sat in the kitchen with a pile of business magazines and paperwork scattered out on the table. “Hi.” He smiled broadly.“Why didn’t you wake me up?” “I thought I’d let you sleep in. We have hired hands come help out a few times a week, and they took care of feeding today. Dad and the rest of the gang left for town a few minutes ago. I have the distinct impression they’re trying to give us some privacy.” He smiled at her over his cup of coffee.At least she hadn’t missed anything. Alexandra poured her own cup and sat down next to him. He hadn’t shaven again, she noticed. She hadn’t seen him like that since they were stuck in the cabin together.
