Texas True (2014)
“From the back of her mind, a warning voice screamed, Run! Get out of here! But she was frozen in shock. She stood rooted to the spot, taking in the nightmare. What had happened here—and why?
Then, as Slade appeared in the hallway, she knew.
Even at a distance she could smell the liquor on him. He was dressed in rumpled work clothes, his beard unshaven, his eyes narrow red slits. Natalie willed herself to stand her ground as he lumbered toward her like an enraged bear. Somehow she found her voic...e.
“Stop right there, Slade Haskell! Have you gone crazy? Why in heaven’s name did you do this?”
He paused, close enough to cut her off from the clinic’s front door. “Because you been screwin’ that bastard Beau Tyler. That’s why!”
Natalie’s heart slammed. She and Beau had come close to the brink, but what Slade was accusing her of hadn’t happened. “That’s not true! I was at the Tylers’, but I went there to treat a mare with colic!”
He shook his doubled fist at her. “Don’t you lie to me, you little whore.MoreLess
Then, as Slade appeared in the hallway, she knew.
Even at a distance she could smell the liquor on him. He was dressed in rumpled work clothes, his beard unshaven, his eyes narrow red slits. Natalie willed herself to stand her ground as he lumbered toward her like an enraged bear. Somehow she found her voic...e.
“Stop right there, Slade Haskell! Have you gone crazy? Why in heaven’s name did you do this?”
He paused, close enough to cut her off from the clinic’s front door. “Because you been screwin’ that bastard Beau Tyler. That’s why!”
Natalie’s heart slammed. She and Beau had come close to the brink, but what Slade was accusing her of hadn’t happened. “That’s not true! I was at the Tylers’, but I went there to treat a mare with colic!”
He shook his doubled fist at her. “Don’t you lie to me, you little whore.MoreLess
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