Chapter Twenty-Three
Maybelle stewed all the way to Red Cloud and out to the Webster County Fairgrounds. Even her big bag of road snacks didn’t do anything to lighten her mood. She refused to be scared, refused to give in. She had every right to be traveling someplace with her horse. And besides, of all the rodeos across the Prairie Circuit this weekend, what were the odds of Clayton ending up here? Sure, it was a big rodeo, but he was a C-grade cowboy, and as far as she knew, had never finished in the money.
Her thoughts turned to Ty. She missed him already. She’d tried to only attend rodeos in Kansas, out of respect for his situation, but the purse at this rodeo was too big to pass up. She’d won first or second every event this season. If she came away on top this weekend, she’d be wel
