Page 5 of Her Wild Cowboy Billionaire

“That’s good, sweetie, but I’m happy to be where I am.”

The flight, itself, took about an hour and fifty minutes.

They arrived in Bozeman and taxied to one of the private hangars, where a helicopter waited outside.

Tom brought out their luggage and greeted the helicopter pilot, then introduced them. “This is Jason Hinds, your pilot for the last leg to the ranch.”

Willow held out her right hand to the muscular man with curly blond hair. “Pleased to meet you, Jason.”

“And I you, Ms. Adams.”

“Please, call me Willow, and this is my daughter, Mindy.”

Mindy held out a hand and shook with Jason. “Hi. I can’t wait to fly in a helicopter. It’s my first time.”

Jason chuckled. “Well, I’ll try not to make it too interesting and just get us from here to the ranch as quickly as possible.”

“Will it be a long flight?” Willow asked with more than a little trepidation.

He shook his head. “Not long. Because we can fly straight and don’t have to take the same route as the road. The ranch is about one-hundred and thirty miles from Bozeman along the roads. By car it takes around two hours. By air only about thirty-five or forty minutes. It’s much more convenient for everyone to travel by air.

Tom stepped forward. “Thank you, ladies, for flying with me today. I hope you enjoy your time at the ranch. I’m sure you’ll find many things to do there.”

“Thank you for a wonderful and steady flight,” said Willow.

“Thank you,” said Mindy. “I wish I’d been able to fly the plane.”

Tom laughed and tweaked her nose. “Not until you get your wings.” He tipped his hat, turned and headed back to the airplane.

Jason loaded the luggage and then lifted Mindy into the back of the ‘copter and buckled her into the harness.

Then he aided Willow into the passenger seat and helped her with her harness.

“Travis believes in his passengers being safe, hence the harness instead of a regular seatbelt.” He walked around the front of the ‘copter and climbed into the pilot’s chair.

When Jason climbed in, he handed each of them headsets. “The helo is too loud to talk unless you have a headset.”

“Thank you,” shouted Willow.

Mindy had already put hers on. Willow heard her voice through the headset.

“Thank you, Jason,” said Mindy.

As they took off, Willow closed her eyes, grabbed the sides of the seat. For the hundredth time, she wondered if she was doing the right thing or if she was going to die in a fiery crash.

Willow closed her eyes for most of the helicopter ride to the ranch. She didn’t like heights and felt like a total failure as a parent when she realized Mindy loved being high up.

“Mom, look at all the cows. Do you think they all belong to Mr. Morgan?”

“I don’t know, sweetie. But I would suppose they do, since we’re probably on his land.” She looked over at Jason, since it was safer than looking down at the cows. “Jason, are we over Mr. Morgan’s land now?”

“Yes, ma’am. We have been for the last five minutes and we’ll be there in another five.”

She never thought such a rich man had hired her, even after the salary he was willing to pay. Of course, given the location, she wasn’t as surprised by the salary as she was in the beginning. “Mr. Morgan owns a lot of land.”

“Yes, ma’am. Mr. Morgan has about 100,000 acres and is trying to buy more. He wants to have the largest ranch in Montana.”

Willow supposed everyone needed something to aspire to, even someone as wealthy as Mr. Morgan appeared to be. “Sounds like he’s well on his way to getting there.”