Page 35 of A Cowboy's Heart

“I got him for Christmas. Santa bringed him.”

“Brought,” Reid corrected.

Zeke placed his hand over his mouth and giggled. “’kay, Daddy.”

Reid chuckled, and Willa had a feeling all of the Callahan men were gorgeous and sexy. She turned and walked back across the barn to see what horse Rocky was looking at. Stepping up beside him, she listened to Devin telling Lucy what Rocky was looking for in a horse.

“He’s only been riding a week, but he has a movie coming out and shooting begins in spring. He needs a gentle horse to use for pleasure and in the movie.”

“All right. I think Gypsy would be perfect for you. She’s a five-year-old and very gentle. She’s been used for trail rides at Devin and Jaxon’s ranch when more horses were needed.” Lucy smiled at Rocky as she led them to a stall.

A beautiful black and white horse stuck her nose over the stall. Lucy rubbed the horse’s nose.

“This is Gypsy.”

Rocky stepped forward and rubbed the horse’s nose and when she whinnied, he laughed and looked at Lucy.

“She’s gorgeous. How much do you want forher?”

“I think what you should do before deciding you want her is to take her to Bur Oak and see if you two work well together. If you do and you want her, we’ll talk price. I don’t want you to buy her and then find out you don’t like each other.” Lucy smiled at him.

“Good idea,” Devin said from beside her, surprising her that he was so close.

Willa did her best not to move away from him. She could smell his aftershave, and she had this absurd idea to throw him on the floor and ride him.

“If Dev thinks that’s a good idea, then I’ll do that,” Rocky said to Lucy.

“Great. Let me get a halter.” Lucy walked away from them and entered a room.

“Is there a blonde somewhere in your family or Lucy’s? How did Zeke end up with blond hair if both Reid and Lucy have dark hair?” Willa asked Devin in as low a voice as she could.

“Reid is Zeke’s step-dad. His father died before he was born.”

“I’m so sorry to hear that. Lucy had to have been young.”

“Yeah, she was. Zeke’s dad was also Reid’s best friend. Reid’s always loved her.”

“How did he die?”

“A bull killed him. For a long time, Lucy blamed Reid for talking Zeke into going again. He’d retired, but Reid wanted him to go one more time. Lucy may have blamed him, but no one blamed him more than he blamed himself.”

“That is so sad.”

“We all knew Zeke, but Reid was his best friend. He took it hard when Zeke died. He came back here for Christmas last year and saw Lucy again. She fell in love with him, and they were married last month.”

“He didn’t live around here?”

Devin shook his head and looked at her. “No. He couldn’t stay here around Lucy. He was living on his farm in Butte.”

She saw Lucy come back out of the room and glance toward Reid and her cheeks turned pink. Willa smiled. They seemed very much in love.

“Here, give that to me, Lucy. I’ll get her,” Devin said as he stepped toward her.

Lucy smiled and handed him the halter.

“You have a beautiful home, Lucy,” Willa said.

Lucy beamed a smile at her. “Thank you. I’m a little giddy here. I can’t believe Rocky Fontaine is on my ranch—buying one of my horses.”

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