Chapter 18
Jack and his brothers were busy over the next few weeks. They planted all the fields and spent hours of their days moving sprinklers and keeping the alfalfa damp. It would feed most of the horses during the winter. As the days lingered longer, the work to do also increased. They started before sunrise, and worked long into the twilight. Jack was busy as always with his sons, his brothers, the ranch business, and horse training. Most nights, he fell into his bed, asleep before he managed to even cover himself.
Once in a while, he wished for a woman. For Lily. For s*x. Luckily, however, he was too busy to spend a lot of time wanting what he couldn’t easily have. River’s End was a small place. He sure as hell wasn’t sleeping with someone’s sister or daughter from around there. An
