Sudden--Strikes Back (A Sudden Western #1) - Plot & Excerpts
It was much later, after Barclay had gone, that she realized he was never far away the whole time Barclay was on the ranch. Unobtrusive, out of earshot; but always near. She had divined immediately upon seeing Barclay that he had not been welcomed by Green and David. Barclay, sitting opposite her, sipping a long cold drink which had been served by a scowling Cookie, noticed the frown that crossed Grace’s face as the thought struck her, and divining the reason for it, Barclay smiled winningly. ‘Yore foreman don’t appear to like me,’ he told her. ‘Well, he has a lesson comin’ to him. When I buy the Slash 8, he’ll soon learn who’s the boss. Meanwhile, don’t yu bother yore pretty head about him.’ Grace smiled automatically at the big man’s unctuous flattery, and taking this as encouragement, Barclay went on, ‘This shore is my lucky day. Not only do I have the pleasure o’ seein’ yu again, but I think I may be able to help yu, too.’ ‘Help me?’ asked Grace, in surprise.
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