Page 61 of Colorado Bride
She put her hand on her husband’s leg.
“Ben.Nothing else happened.”
“I won’t hold anything against you.You can tell me the truth.”
She cocked her head and stared at her husband.
“I am telling you the truth.You saw everything.I was tied up.That’s all.”
Ben wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
“’Cause I know none of this is your fault.”
“You’re right.It’s Melissa’s.”
“Melissa?”
Emily shook off his arm and stood.
“She’s the one who arranged all of this.And your mother was in on the kidnapping.Did she tell you I’d been taken?”
His eyes widened and then he frowned.
“No.”
She gasped as she recalled when she was taken.“She saw, Ben.I saw her.She watched from her bedroom window and did nothing to stop the abduction.”
Emily saw a tick in Ben’s jaw.
“Don’t be ridiculous.Mother wouldn’t have you kidnapped.”
“No?Why don’t you ask your half-brother?”
“Now Emily, I’m sure you’re mistaken.”
Her gut churned at her husband’s accusation and she broke away from Ben’s embrace.
“I’m not mistaken.When will you believe me?Your mother is trying to get rid of me and it sounds like she’s teamed up with Melissa.Why would Melissa think that you would take her back if I was gone?Is there something I should know?”
“No.Nothing.You’re just upset because of what happened.”
“I keep telling you nothing happened.I got kidnapped by your brother who was hired by Melissa to kill me.Thank goodness he’s not that kind of man.”
Frustrated Emily went outside.She got on the first saddled horse she saw and was about to ride off when Ben grasped the reins behind the horse’s mouth preventing her from leaving.Then he climbed up behind her.
Nathan came forward and looked up at them in the saddle.
“I’ll take Rory into the sheriff’s office.Sounds to me like you two have some talking to do.”
“Thanks Nathan,” said Ben.“We definitely have things to discuss.”
Ben took the reins.
“Stand in the stirrups.”
Ben grabbed hold of the saddle horn and swung himself onto the horse and slipped onto the saddle seat.
“Sit.”
