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She sounded so reasonable he didn’t try to convince her otherwise. Instead, he hoped that either Iceman would be able to steer her in the right direction or she’d call and check with him before just showing up with whatever her wild scheme was.

Not that he knew she was still up to wild schemes, but the Heather he’d known years ago had come up with some of the craziest, and he had to admit, fun, things they’d done, and gotten in trouble for. And he hadn’t regretted a single thing they’d done, partly because it had been time spent with her. Oddly, he suspected he’d feel the same way now.

He’d have to wait and see what she came up with and how he felt about following her into trouble. Or doing his best to keep her out of it.

Overthenextcoupleof days, they exchanged a few calls and a lot of text messages, and while they both wanted to be able to see each other, neither had found a way to make it possible.

He was sitting around the campfire in the middle of the common area where people had taken to gathering one evening when his phone buzzed. Having a good idea who it was, he pulled it out and found he was right.

Heather:Busy?

Jake:Not especially, need something?

He watched the screen with a frown as bubbles danced, stopped, then started again a moment before a new message popped up.

Heather:Can I call?

Jake:Sure.

“Give me a minute,” he said to the brothers he’d been talking to as he stood and walked away.

“Where’s he going?” Savage asked. He’d been busy with Donna most of the time since they’d arrived.

“Must be time for phone sex,” Malice put in.

Jake flipped Malice off as he walked away, then ignored the rest as his phone rang.

“Hey, Lynnie, what’s up?” he said in way of greeting.

“I think I have it figured out, but I need to run a couple of things by you first, and you may need to get approval from your boss, or maybe the guy who owns the place.”

Jake was stunned for a couple of moments, as it took that long for her words to process. “Okay, lay it on me. What’s the plan?” He headed for the horse barn, wondering how in depth this plan was and how long it would take her to explain. He knew from experience that once she got started with a plan it could take her a while to express it.

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Heatherheldherbreathwhile she waited for Aaron’s response. She’d spent the last day and a half convincing Matt to let her borrow his trailer, not that he’d put up any argument about her having it. No, his problem was that he didn’t want her to go to Wyoming. He didn’t want her spending time with Aaron.

If she didn’t love him as much as she did, it might have come to more than just the words she’d had with Matt over his attempt to tell her where she could go and who she could see. In the end, just as she’d known she would, Heather had won, and he’d agreed to let her borrow his trailer.

“I think that will actually work. I’ll have to check with Lurch, and maybe Tuck to be sure. Is the trailer 30 amp or 50?”

She wasn’t sure she liked how surprised he sounded when he said it might work. Did he expect her to come up with something that wouldn’t work?

“Um, I’m not sure. Let me ask.” Heather went to the bedroom door, opened it, and called out, “Matt!?”

“Yeah?” His voice came back from the front room.

“Is the trailer 30 amp or 50?”

“50.”

“Thanks!” She closed the door and put the phone back to her ear. “Did you hear that?”

“No I only heard your side.”

“He said it’s 50.”

“Good to know. I’m not sure we’ve got an outlet that will plug into, but I’ll look into it. I also need to ask permission.”

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