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"First of all, this is not your proble it And I didn’t want to worry you with your big test coraduate froe! It should be a happy time for you And thank God it can be"

I shifted where I stood, putting a hand on my hip "What do you ive you details yet, but I hen you come up in June But it’s handled The ranch is just fine and even better, I’ain I’et a little summer business rustled up"

I shookso I won’t worry or soe, Mia I hope you don’t talk like that around your boyfriend"

I sighed "Moet to ritted e"

"Yes And now the subject is closed It’s taken care of and I’ and stop trying to take care ofche time For a lot of reasons"

I took a deep breath and decided to believe her "Okay Thank God I’ over this since January?"

Fretting That was an understate to let her live with "Yeah Kinda"

"Well, don’t I can’t wait to see you in a feeeks,in that cap and gown"

"Yeah Until then I’ the studying hard If you need me, send me an e-mail or text me, okay?" Okay, so Mom had just coain! Or at least, I didn’t tell her the whole truth--that my phone was turned off because I’d be out of the country

She sighed heavily "Okay But if you don’t get back to me in a timely manner, I’ll be forced to harass Heath and you kno much he loves that"

"Love you, Mo back and feeling like a fifty-pound weight had just been ree was taken care of She didn’t have to give up the ranch She was even preparing to take on new guests! Had she gotten a loan? A grant? It all see that she was telling the truth MyMy eyes wandered up to the ceiling and I couldn’t stop grinning I wasn’t even annoyed at the thought of probably being enlisted as a free ranch hand over the summer

Then, of course, my mind wandered to the auction To the conundrum I found myself in To the fact that Adaht about the al in my Cayman Islands bank account--money I’d never properly earn

And I came to a decision Minutes after I’d told Heath about the trip to St Lucia, I dropped the second bomb on him He was so bloay that I had to repeat myself

"I said I want you to refuse the bank transfer"

"What? Why are you sending ht teret it Still?"

"It’s a really long story"

"Maybe you need to fillit off I can’t do this"

"Da relief Drake took it okay?"

I pinched the bridge of er and prepared to tell yet ood idea, too" And truthfully, that is what he could have ht He’d hardly said tords to ret for having revealed so much about himself towas the sa had been turned on a ninety-degree axis and ere in uncharted territories now

"And what about your money issues? What about er existed "I’ll find another way," I sighed Maybe I could learn to pole dance I coughed "Loans or so"