Seth shouted, cutting his horse into the path of the three heifers that had decided they didn’t want to run with the crowd. John, the ranch border collie, charged from the back of the herd. Between Dough Boy’s moves and John’s moves, the heifers were scrambling to rejoin the group within moments.And he was left to go back to his thoughts of Melody. It had probably been a good thing that he’d had to bow out of treasure hunting today. The ranch didn’t run on its own and rounding up this group had required not only his participation and his hired hands’ but that of several friends. The vet was due to arrive in an hour, and it would be a long day of shots and examinations.“Thought you’d missed them,” Jess, one of his hands and a friend, called from across the herd as soon as Seth fell back into place. “You got something on your mind?”“Just seeing if you’re awake over there.” That got him a laugh over the bawling cattle. Seth had a feeling a few friends had figured out his head was not in this section of the ranch.He wondered if Melody had figured out just how badly he’d wanted to kiss her the day before.
