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“Okay.” He nodded. “And then I guess we can go for a quick ride. I have to go out on the ranch again today. Turns out we have a locust problem. I’m going to have to spray.” He sighed. “Ugh, what a mess.”
“I can help you if you want. My dad had a locust problem on the farm a couple of years ago, so I know what I’m doing.”
“Are you sure?” he said. “I mean, I know you just got back from Idaho and you as might as well be [inaudible 00:09:36].
“Of course, I’m more than happy to help.” I smiled at him. “You know that, right?”
“I know.” He smiled. “And you know what, Sadie?”
“Yes?”
“I am glad you’re back. And yes, I did miss you. And no,” he said quickly, “I’m not going to watch Bridesmaids again. I’m choosing the next movie.”
“Fine,” I said, “but anything but a horror movie.” I grabbed my clothes up off the side table.
“Sounds good to me. I was thinking …” Wyatt began.
“Yeah. What?”
“Maybe we can have a barbecue this weekend. My mom was thinking it would be nice to welcome you back to town.”
I laughed. “I was only gone three weeks.”
“I know, but you know my mom. Any reason to have a party.”
“True. That’d be fun. And I’ll get to see Lucy and Olivia and Arya.”
“And Mom said you could also invite any of your other friends.”
“Cool. Can I invite Shane?” I gave him a wicked grin.
“Don’t even try my patience, Sadie Johnson.” He glared at me. “No, you cannot invite him.”
“I mean, if it’s my party and my guest list, I can invite whoever I want. Right?” I blinked innocently at him then turned and headed to the bathroom.
I had no idea why Wyatt was so opposed to me contacting Shane. It wasn’t like they were enemies. In fact, they’d been pretty good friends in high school. Wyatt was just one of those men that always had to have the final say in everything. But he had to learn that he wasn’t my dad or my older brother. He was my best friend.
I cared about his advice, but that didn’t mean I always needed to take it.
Chapter Sixty-Five
Wyatt
“Hey, Beau, can I talk to you?” I approached my eldest brother as he exited the office. He was frowning about something, and I hoped he wasn’t in a bad mood.
“Yeah, what’s up?” His blue eyes glanced at me briefly and then looked away.
“I had an idea for the ranch. A way for us to increase revenue.”
“Oh, yeah?” He nodded but kept walking. “Can we discuss it later? I told Olivia I would meet her to talk about plans for the cabins, and I don’t want to be late.”
“Sure.” I withheld a sigh. “But can we talk later?”
“Yeah, yeah.” He ran a hand through his hair. “So I heard Sadie is back.”
“She is.”
“I heard she’s got the hots for Shane Wakefield?”
