Chapter 46: The StrangerFrom a distance, the man in the Stetson cowboy hat resembled Manning Dawn, but didn’t turn out to be my boyfriend. Damn. Up close the two cowboys didn’t remotely look alike. Unlike Manning, this cowboy had a pock-marked face from an acne problem when he was a teenager, almost black eyes, and tiny ears. A good-looking guy, but not at all as handsome as my cowboy. The differences didn’t prevent me from asking him, “Did you see another cowboy around here?”
“Yes. A few minutes ago.” He nodded. “We bumped into each other near the bar’s office. He told me he liked my hat. We talked about Nebraska a touch. We’ve been to the same places. We also talked about towns like Saddlegate Ridge, Waterhole, and Bighorn Peak in Oklahoma. We traveled in the same circle of towns. He we
