the end, you turned your back on her and how she felt about you. You married another woman and never gave Sierra a second thought. That damn well gives me the right. She’s my sister and I’m going to make sure you don’t get a second chance to destroy her.”
There were so many things he could tell the other man, Dylan thought to himself. But the truth wasn’t always as simple as one might like. A thousand thoughts flooded his brain, a thousand images from the past. A thousand second guesses. In the end, he didn’t even bother.
“You’re wrong,” he said quietly. “About me, about why I did what I did, and about me not giving her a second thought. I never stopped loving your sister.”
Kirk’s angry stance never wavered. “That must have made you a poor excuse for a husband.”
“That’s what my wife said the day she left. Goodbye, Kirk. Don’t think you’ve seen the last of me because I’ll be around. I’m going to do my damnedest to explain everything to Sierra. I owe her that.”
“The only thing you owe her is to stay the hell out of her life.”
“You’re probably right. But I can’t.” Dylan headed for the car.
Kirk let him go without saying a word. As he turned the truck, he saw the other man still watching him. Would Kirk report the conversation to Sierra? What about the letters? Did he still have them? Would he ever tell his sister about them? Would Sierra believe Dylan if he told her about their existence?
Too many questions, he thought as they rolled onto the highway and headed back to their ranch.
“Dad?” Rory asked.
He glanced at his son. “What?”
“Is Sierra that lady? The one Mom always talked about?”
Dylan grimaced. Claire hadn’t cared who could hear her when she was in the mood to scream about something. He didn’t like to think about all the things his son had heard over the years.
“Yes,” he said. “She is.” Only Claire hadn’t referred to Sierra as a “lady.” Instead she’d been “that cowgirl bitch you can’t forget.”
“You still love her?” his son asked.
How like a child to cut to the heart of the matter. “I’m not sure,” he said, going for easy instead of honest.
“Well, I like her,” Rory announced and relaxed into his seat. “I think she’s cool.”
Dylan smiled, and for the first time since deciding to move to the ranch and look up Sierra, he thought there just might be hope for all of them.
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