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Lane Donaldson couldn’t help but laugh as he watched the fivelike a bunch of damned fools

It was funny how a baby could do that to otherwise intelligent grown men And whether he wanted to admit it or not, he was no different He had done his fair share of et a smile out of the kid, as well

He had invited his fa half of the Lucky Ace Ranch in a poker game last fall But because of the birth of his nephew a few months back, the celebration had turned into a party to welcome the new baby to the fa win

“Y’all are going to scare the pudding out of little Hank,” Nate Rafferty complained as he made another face at the infant in his brother Sam’s arms

Nate and Sah they were the only two biological siblings out of the band of foster brothers who had spent their adolescence together on the Last Chance Ranch While Sam was happilyto date the entire female population of the southwest to settle down In fact, of the four re confirmed bachelors, Lane included, Nate was hands down the wildest of the bunch

“And I suppose you think you’re not scaring the kid with that sappy grin of yours, Nate?” Ryder McClain asked, laughing “I play chicken with two thousand pounds of pissed-off beef every weekend and you’re still enough to scare the hell out of hter, Ryder ithout question one of the bravest —and Ryder was also theof his foster brothers

“How er before you beco frohly successful saddle bronc rider, TJ had retired at the ripe old age of twenty-eight and in the ensuing years had started raising and training cha horses

“The doctor told us the other day that it could be just about any ti uneasily over to where his wife, Su to Sam’s wife, Bria, and Bria’s sister, Mariah “And the closer it gets, thechairs”

“Getting a little nervous, are you?” Lane asked, grinning

“More like a lot,” Ryder said, glancing again at his wife as if to assure hiht

“I know exactly how you feel, Ryder,” Sa “About a month before Bria had little Hank, I mapped out the quickest route to the hospital and et her there in time”

“Both of you have helped cows during calving season for years,” Nate said, his tone practical “If you’d had to, you could have delivered little Hank, Sam And you could deliver your and Summer’s baby, Ryder”