Hot Coco

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Author: Cindy McDonald
Tags: Contemporary
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training schedules were tight and they had decided to hold back on accepting new clients for the time being. “What’s all this?” he inquired.
    “Dad, this is Coco Beardmore, a new customer. We’ve brought in five horses for her,” Mike told him.
    Once again admiring a handsome West man, Coco favored him with a smile.
    Extremely fit for a man of fifty-five, the patriarch of the West family struck an imposing figure. His dark hair had only a spatter of gray; and, like his sons, he had broad strong shoulders.
    Coco offered Eric her hand, which he accepted. “Such a handsome group, you Wests are.”
    “Beardmore ...” Eric said. “Are you associated with—”
    “Her father owns it,” Shane interjected.
    “Ahhh.” Eric shot a look in his older son’s direction.
    Ducking his father’s glance, Mike suggested, “Let’s get those horses settled in.”
    Turning toward the horse trailer, Coco slipped on the loose gravel beneath her and fell to her knees. Racing to help the curvaceous Coco to her feet, Mike and Shane bumped into each other. Mike shot his brother a “back off” look. Scowling, Shane honored his silent, yet lethal, request.
    Slightly burned, beads of blood bubbled from the abrasion on her knee. Coco winced.
    “Are you okay?” Shane asked.
    “I’ve got her,” Mike elbowed him. “You start unloading the horses. I’ll take Coco into the barn.” After another glowering look, he escorted her toward the door.
    No way. Leaving the horses right where they were, Shane followed Mike and the bruised blonde bombshell. “Do you need a band aide, Coco? How about a cool compress?”
    Punch rolled his eyes at a baffled Eric.
    “I didn’t know we were taking on new customers.” Eric folded his arms over his chest while taking in his sons’ Three Stooges act.
    “Well, most of our customers don’t look like that,” Punch said. “I guess I’m unloading the horses.” He strolled to the back of the horse trailer.
    Kate West wandered out of the barn at the same time her brothers were stumbling in while hovering over the limping lovely. Considering the fuss that was taking place, she held the door open for them. “Who’s the sex kitten?” she asked her father.
    “Her name’s Coco.”
    “What’s she doing here?”
    Glancing at his sons, he shrugged his shoulder. “I’m not sure.” Deciding it was a good idea to change the subject, Eric nodded toward her car. “When are you picking up your new car?”
    Her mood brightened. “In a day or two.”
    He glanced at her three-year-old sage Altima parked in the driveway. The sun gleamed off its chrome. It didn’t have a scratch on it. “Your old car isn’t in bad condition.”
    Kate wrinkled her nose. “I know. But that’s just a car.”
    The evening draped its dark purple light over Westwood Farm. Kate massaged her hair in a towel before letting the blonde ringlets spill out across her damp shoulders. Droplets of water trickled down her spine when she pulled a soft cami over her torso and slipped into a comfy pair of pajama pants.
    Her days were long. In the morning, she was an assistant to the track veterinarian. Dr. Ben Spears was a crotchety old man, and that was one of his most endearing virtues. After arriving home around noon, she would make her rounds through the farm’s stables to rub down this horse or slap a white thick poultice on the legs of another.
    Ahhh, the day is over. It’s time to relax, and make the final decision on that hot Mustang.
    She lay across her bed.
    A gentle breeze inflated the curtains into fat billows, and then sucked them back against the screen. The tiny flame of the candle on her vanity flickered in the waft to blow the scent of honeysuckle through the room.
    Ready to examine the features available on the brand-spanking-new Mustangs, she opened her laptop. With a tap of her fingertip, the sporty convertible’s color would change from blazing red to a rich silver to a shiny ebony.
    Hmmm, the red is really

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