Chapter 75: Austin

Jack needed to worry about getting better, not about the problems at the ranch. Unfortunately, there were decisions to be made, and I didn't feel right making them on my own. Thus far, Sarah and I had managed to keep the details of the fire damage from Jack. We had reached a point where that was no longer an option.

The wooden door to his hospital room seemed to weigh a thousand pounds when I pushed it open, although that might have just been the burden I carried. Sarah glanced over her shoulder from beside Jack's bed and gave me a soft smile. She'd never been my type, nor had she been Charlie's, yet seeing her here, it was obvious how she had managed to steal my brother's heart. The role she'd played in Randi's life in high school trained her for the role she played as an adult, and she was perfectly suited to be a farmer's wife.

Once I reached her side, I leaned down and kissed the top of her head. "Hey, girl," I said with a gentle squeeze to her bicep. "How's the patient?"