When Lurch made it back to the ranch, he his first stop was to the bunkhouse to make sure the men were off doing what they should be and not hanging around harassing Kerry.
Inside, he found Kerry standing in the kitchen looking startled and almost like she’d been caught doing somethings she shouldn’t be. He spent a few minutes there with her. Fetched his tools and resisted the urge to kiss her breathless before he left.
Glad at least he hadn’t had to run the men off. It seemed they were off doing what they should. He would have to check on them to be sure things were going as they should be before he went back to work on his house.
Next stop was the barn where he found Stretch puttering around making himself busy. Or at least making himself appear to be busy. He assigned Stretch to unlo
