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“Yeah, we are. Give me just a minute to get a warmer coat and chat with your dad,” I replied, watching the face of the man behind him.
“Awesome!” he exclaimed in glee.
“Would you mind waiting by the Razor?” I asked, and he fervently nodded. Turning around, he grinned at his dad, tugging the coat tight beneath his chin.
“Uncle Weston and I are still doing lights tonight!” he excitedly told his dad, and then skipped off of my porch, making his way down the stone steps.
“Weston, look,” Cash began, and I let the small smile fall from my lips.
“I wasn’t trying to be like Mom and scold anyone, I—”
“I know,” he cut me off. “You were concerned. It was a bit reckless, but I swear, you looked like you were far enough off to the side of the road, and when I realized you weren’t, I pressed the brakes and yet, we couldn’t slow down. The road was really icy.”
I nodded once, taking a deep breath.
“And about what your mom said,” he tried to continue, but I shook my head.
“It’s fine.”
“No, it’s not. Neither is what Butch said. I don’t know what’s up with him lately, but he’s been short with everyone. Not an excuse, but I just need to make sure you’re all good. That we’re all good,” Cash explained, and I nodded, shoving my hands in my pockets and leaning sideways in the doorway.
I knew what was going on with Butch. I didn’t quite understand my mom, but it was nice to know that at least Cash had the guts to come say something. Though Cash seemed to never care much about what others were saying about anything. He’d been my friend before the accident with the moose, and he was still my friend to this day.
“Well, I should probably get down to that Razor. Your son is waiting.” I grinned as I heard the shower water turn on downstairs.
Cash furrowed his brows at the sound, so I quickly stepped forward and slammed the front door closed.
“What was that?” he asked, reaching for the handle.
I stepped in front of it. “Nothing. Probably just the heater.”
He rolled his eyes, tipping the cowboy hat up on his head a little. “I know what a heater sounds like, and that wasn’t a heater. That was running water turning on.”
Shrugging my shoulders, I wrapped my hands around the doorknob behind me and shrugged my shoulders. “Maybe I’ve got a leaky pipe I’ll have to check out. After I put the lights up. With your son,” I tried to emphasize.
“Nooooo.” He exhaled slowly and turned his wandering gaze from the doorway to look directly in my face. “You have a visitor.” A sly grin spread across his lips.
“Cash,” I cautioned, and he grinned even wider.
“Why does your mom not know? You realize how much things would change if she knew that you and Tenley were more than friends?” He wiggled his brows, and I closed my eyes briefly.
“That’s exactly why she doesn’t know,” I grumbled.
“HA!” he exclaimed and lightly punched me in the shoulder. “I knew it! I had my suspicions, but I knew it!”
“UNCLE WESTON!” Keaton shouted from the Razor, and I chuckled, glancing into the darkness before returning my gaze to Cash.
“You should probably go,” he stated, and I nodded once. “Congrats, man. And don’t worry, I’ll keep things hush hush. For a bit at least.”
“If you have to talk to someone about it, Cassidy knows, too,” I replied, quickly opening the door one more time and snatching my Carhartt coat from the hanger.
“What? You told him first?” Cash walked beside me as we wandered down the stone path.
“Well, sort of? I mean he tried to get Tenley to go out with him, but she turned him down and—”
“So it was true! I’d heard people talking when she first arrived—how she rejected Cassidy Duke to some drifter at the feed store. Didn’t know if it was real or just a rumor.”
I chuckled, kicking some snow as two Razor’s came into view. Keaton was sitting happily in the one Tenley and I’d ridden up in, while Cash walked calmly to the other one.
