Free Trouble In Dixie by Becky McGraw Page B

widened when she saw Gabe was behind the wheel.
     
    She couldn't hide, because her
brother-in-law's eyes met hers first, before he looked at Tommy,
and a big grin spread across his face. "Evening, Tommy...everything
okay?"
     
    Tommy didn't say anything for a second, then
he lied, "Um...yeah, Katie just had a little trouble with her bike,
and I was bringing her back to the Double B."
     
    Oh, hell no he wasn't! Katie had just
escaped from there and she wasn't going back until she scratched
the itch that was quickly reaching poison ivy scale inside of
her.
     
    Tommy looked back over his shoulder at her,
then at Gabe, "We're good, thanks for stopping, though. Shouldn't
you be home by now?" Tommy asked conversationally.
     
    "Yeah, but I got another call out
here...domestic, some idiot came home drunk and his wife beaned him
with a skillet," Gabe told Tommy with a chuckle.
     
    "Interesting job you have..." Tommy said
with a forced laugh.
     
    "You have no idea," Gabe laughed too then
asked with a tilt of his head, "Ya'll need any help getting back to
the ranch? Katie staying there tonight?"
     
    Katie saw that Gabe was studying Tommy's
face intently. As easy as the man blushed, she figured that's what
he was doing, and that was why Gabe was looking at him so
curiously. Keep it cool, Katie urged him silently.
     
    "Um...yeah, she's staying there tonight...we
were going to get a drink first, then I'll bring her back," Tommy
improvised again. Katie thought he was pretty damned good with the
lying, and it kind of worried her a little. Maybe she needed to
give him the same speech she'd given his daughter earlier today.
But he couldn't very well say, I was just taking her to the bed and
breakfast outside of town to fuck her brains out, now could he?
     
    Gabe finally left and did a U-turn on the
road then headed back toward town, but Katie knew the gig was up.
They couldn't follow Gabe, because of what Tommy had just told him.
They'd have to go to the bar to make Tommy's lie true, and she was
not into that tonight...the only thing she wanted was a tall order
of cowboy. Tommy watched him drive away, then his head dropped to
his chest and he just stood there a minute, before he opened the
door and quietly got inside.
     
    "I feel like a fucking teenager, lying and
trying to get laid," he said then ran a hand through his dark
hair.
     
    "So, let's make out like teenagers..." she
purred and scooted close to him, then ran her hand along his thigh.
"I'm game, if you are."
     
    He looked down at her with desire making his
eyes glitter in the dim interior of the truck. His jaw was tight as
he told her, "We probably should just forget about it...take this
as a sign."
     
    "I've got a sign for you, bucko..." she
grumbled then slid over to the other side of the truck. "If you
give up that easily, then maybe we shouldn't do this," she
told him angrily and crossed her arms under her breasts. "Evidently
you don't want it bad enough...just take me back to the ranch."
     
    "I just think you deserve better than
getting fucked in the cab of a pickup, Katie," he told her with
anger scorching his words.
     
    She snorted then looked over at him and said
nastily, "Wouldn't be the first time...it's kinda fun if you aren't
too much of a tight ass to try it...sex doesn't always have to be
in a bed, Tommy."
     
    "That's the second fucking time you've
called me a tight ass..." he grated, then slid across the seat of
the truck and yanked her onto his lap. He settled her astride him,
then roughly put his hand behind her head and pulled her head to
his and clamped his mouth over hers in a kiss that about melted her
panties. His hands grabbed her hips and dug in, and pressed her
tightly against his erection, and ground his hips to hers, causing
friction that started a fire inside of her.
     
    She moaned and tried to move against him,
but he held her too tightly. He slid one hand up her back to her
bra closure, and shivers traveled over her skin, as it