Chapter Eleven
The ranch was quiet when they returned. The animals had settled in for the night. There were no trucks in the drive, so Grizz had to assume that the others were still out enjoying themselves at the bar.
Good. That meant he didn’t have to explain where he and Patty had been. Or what they’d been up to.
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes.
Grizz had never thought he’d hear that title paired with his last name. His mother had gone back to her maiden name a few years after the divorce. Now, the one and only Mrs. Griffin Clarence Hayes unbuckled her seatbelt as he put the truck in park.
Patty had remained uncharacteristically quiet on the car ride from town. She’d sat with her hands folded primly in her lap while he’d driven. She’d rested her cheek against her shoulder as she
