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“What the hell?” he heard Rhys say behind him. Cal shifted to look over his shoulder, but didn’t release Finn, obviously not caring who saw the three of them wrapped around one another.
Truck after truck laden with lumber pulled up in front of the scorched pile of wood where the barn had sat. Finn saw Wendy climb out of her little sedan along with several other people and she waved at him. Sheriff Granger’s patrol car pulled up and the man, dressed in everyday clothes, got out and started directing people. Mrs. Greene appeared and began arguing with the sheriff.
A black sedan trailed at the end of the caravan and Finn saw Dane get out and pull Emma out of the back seat. He recognized the guy with Dane as Jaxon Reid and the heated look that passed between the two men made Finn wonder what was going on with his new friend and the mysterious man who’d given Rhys his freedom back.
“It’s a barn raising party,” Cal said in disbelief.
“A what?” Rhys asked.
Finn pulled back from Cal and smiled as he watched the crowd of people start throwing debris into a huge trailer attached to a pick-up truck. “They’re rebuilding our barn,” Finn said. He looked up at Cal and Rhys who were both standing in stunned silence at the sight. He stepped past them and said, “Come on, let’s go welcome our neighbors.”
Cal and Rhys caught up to him by the time he reached the bottom of the porch stairs and he smiled when Cal’s fingers twined with his and Rhys’ arm carefully settled around his shoulders. It felt good to finally be home.
The End
Finding Trust
Finding Series #2
Finding Trust is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2015 by Sloane Kennedy
Published in the United States by Sloane Kennedy
All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
Cover Images: © Wander Aguiar
Cover Design: © Cate Ashwood Designs
ISBN-13:
978-1541061958
ISBN-10:
1541061950
ChapterOne
Dane Winters felt a large hand slam down on his back a split second after the sound of a gunshot shattered the hot air around them and then he felt himself being shoved down on top of the terrified woman he’d been treating. Panic seized him and he struggled against the heavy body covering his.Emma.
“Stay down, Doc!” a loud voice shouted in his ear.
“Finn!” he heard someone scream and then the sound of an engine roared to life.
Dane used every ounce of strength he had to push the man off of him, then turned to watch a scene unfolding that could have only been from one of his many nightmares. Finn, the young man he’d been giving a ride back to the CB Bar Ranch lay crumpled in the dirt, a bright red bloom of blood soaking through the front of his shirt. And just beyond him where Dane’s SUV should have sat there was nothing but empty space.
“Emma!” he shouted as he climbed to his feet and located the car as it was being turned around so whoever had shot Finn and stolen it could get back on the dirt road leading away from the ranch. And they had his daughter.
“Emma!” he screamed again.
The car kicked up mounds of dust as the SUV turned sharply and raced past them. Callan Bale, the ranch foreman, tried to grab the driver’s side door handle as the vehicle flew by but he bounced off the SUV and hit the ground hard. Dane managed to take two steps before that same hand from before clamped down on his arm, the heavy fingers biting into his skin.
“Stay back!” the man said to him in a cold, calm voice as he grabbed one of the guns from the shoulder holster he was wearing and handed it to one of Callan’s lovers, Rhys Tellar. The man smoothly pulled the second gun out and raised it right at the SUV.
“Back tires,” he murmured to Rhys who had also taken aim.
