He Warned Her He Came With Four Children — The Cowgirl Said, “Good This Ranch Needs a Family”
Chapter 6
They found the letter beneath the floorboards of the old barn.
Mary discovered it while helping Samuel clean.
Inside was a small wooden box.
Thomas opened it.
There was a silver locket.
A key.
And a letter.
He recognized his wife’s handwriting immediately.
His hands trembled.
Clara stood beside him.
“What does it say?”
Thomas read silently.
Then his face changed.
“What?”
He handed her the letter.
Clara read.
The letter revealed that Whitfield had been stealing land from widows and orphans for years.
Thomas’s wife had discovered the scheme.
She had gathered proof.
Names.
Dates.
Payments.
And the final evidence was hidden in a church outside the valley.
The key opened a locked box beneath the church floor.
Clara looked at Thomas.
“We go tonight.”
“No.”
She frowned.
“No?”
“You stay here with the children.”
“You think I can’t ride?”
“I think if something happens to us, the children have no one.”
Clara considered that.
“You’re right.”
Thomas looked surprised.
She smiled.
“But you’re still wrong.”
“How?”
“Because I’m coming.”
