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around to look at him.
“Snow. Really? I’ve never seen it, apart from on the television.”
    “It can be beautiful, but then again it can be deadly
out here. Not much fun getting caught out in a blizzard so you need to be
careful. Then again, damndest things always happen around then too. A cow will
go and calf right when the worst hits so we gotta go
bring them in or risk losing the calf.”
    “Don’t you bring them closer to the home paddock when
they’re about to calf? It’s what we do.” She looked out over the hills and the
wide open spaces and sighed at the amount of rich green grass she saw. What
they wouldn’t give to have this in Australia instead of being permanently stuck
in a drought.
    “Yes we do, but it doesn’t always work out. Seems at
least once a season there will be some old girl who just slips away to do her
own thing when she thinks nobody is looking. Truth be told, she’s usually
right. I’ve had different people looking after the place while I’ve been out on
the circuit with good and bad results. Now I’m not able to anymore”—he gestured
to his bad leg—“it’s up to you and me to do the best we can with the place.”
    “Right. So is that leg going to get any better or is
that what you’re left with?” She looked at the cane wondering if it was going
to be a permanent fixture in their lives.
    “Would it worry you if it was?” His dark eyes bored
into hers.
    “No. Just asking. I mean if you need to have me do physio or anything like that, I think you’re out of luck.
Never was that good at massaging or anything like that.” She thought over her
words and blushed. Idiot! Callie turned back to the window, hiding her
flaming cheeks from Chance. She could hear his soft laugh and wanted to crawl
under the seat.
    “I have to go back into hospital in a few weeks to get
the pins out of my hip, but Doc doesn’t see me getting much more mobile than I
am right now.” He paused for a moment. “I’m sure when the cold sets in a
massage would probably be just what I need to keep the movement up. It tends to
get sore when it’s cold.”
    “That’s a shame, for you I mean. Must be hard to take
after the life you’ve led.” She ignored the massage reference, preferring not
to think of him half naked and under her hands. Not a blushing virgin, Callie
still hadn’t had many lovers and the thought of seeing this hunky cowboy in the
nude was tempting and enough to make her girly bits stand up and take notice.
    “It wasn’t pleasant to wake up to.” He kept his eyes
on the road and Callie settled down to a quiet ride. She had just nodded off
when the truck pulled into a motel and she jolted awake. The neon red lights on
the roof flashed off and on. She tried to wake herself up but when Chance put
his hand on her shoulder and told her to stay where she was, she closed her
eyes again and let herself drift off to another place.
    The cool air startled her and she woke up as Chance
opened the door of the truck. “Wake up, Callie. Time for bed.”
    Bed? No, not yet please. I’m not ready. I had hoped I
could get to know you first before we did that. She struggled to wake up and slid down out of the
truck. She held his jacket closer to her body and looked at the partially open
door of the hotel room in front of them. Slowly she followed her new husband
inside. The large bed was in the center of the room with a couple of armchairs
to one side with a large television screen stuck in the middle of the wall. A
tiny fridge was under a counter top where Chance placed her bag.
    When he turned away and walked back out, she glanced
around, poking her nose into the small en-suite they would have to share.
    “You go first if you want. I’m going to sit down and
put my leg up for a bit. Maybe have a beer.” He threw his bag beside hers and
rubbed his hip before ambling over to an armchair. “I ordered room service so
we don’t have to go out in public. I doubt you would be happy with