The Last Promise You Made (THE HATLEY FAMILY #2) by LJ Evans EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Ryder
WHAT HURTS THE MOST
Performed by Rascal Flatts
When I dragged myself out of bed, I had no idea I’d be holding a
funeral for a crow before the day was over. I’d been given marching orders
from my mother to stop the birds from eating the last of her crabapples. To
ensure they were extra sweet, she’d waited to harvest them until after the
first snow, and now the damn beasts were taunting us, feasting on the fruit
as if it had appeared from thin air in the middle of our Tennessee winter.
I was late getting to the ranch due to a mess-up with the plumbing
supplies I’d ordered, so even though I didn’t swing by the house, I could
still practically hear Mama huffing while she watched the birds destroy the
last of her fruit. Forcing aside my frustration at the morning’s delays, I
stomped into the ranch’s office and grabbed my shotgun from the lockbox. I
loaded it, pocketed another box of ammo, and headed out. My long stride
took me past the immaculately maintained blue-and-white barn with its
intricately twined metal H near the roofline. Like every other addition I’d
made to the family property, it had been carefully and purposefully crafted
to portray the elegance our guests looked for in a luxury resort. These days,
the ranch was far removed from the dusty, worn-down farm it had once
been.
As I rounded the barn, my feet ground to a halt. The view bled the last
of my frustration out of me as I took a deep, cleansing breath. Nothing
could beat this. Nothing. Year-round, the ranch was picturesque—worthy of
a postcard even—but with a peaceful dusting of snow on the fields, it held
extra magic. The bare oaks slumbered under the thin blanket of white while
jade peeked from beneath the frozen layer on the evergreens. The low slope
of the heather-gray mountains turned the view into a smoky watercolor
painting, the pastel blue of the sky blending in with the hills.
The sun was doing its best to bring the temperatures up into the livable
range, and I closed my eyes, raising my face to the timid warmth as I
breathed in the ranch air I loved. The only thing I treasured more was my
family. I wouldn’t give this life up for anything. Not for my long-ago
dreams of architecture and design. Not for a random woman who came and
went from my life in the flash of an eye. Nothing would take me from this
place.
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