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They rode until the ht failed them and finally they made camp Carmen fell instantly asleep She ith the sun in her face Jose atching her from a campfire

He smiled "I have coffee ready, and some bacon cooked As soon as you are ready, ill ride to the place where I last saw hiround and rolled her bed She laid it beside the saddle and joined Jose at the fire

"Thank you I'ed "You were sleeping, and you looked so pretty"

She poured soine how pretty she looked with her hair afroh her hair as she sipped the coffee How did Jose knohere to start? It all looked the same to her With afor Alex in the desert alone would have resulted in her being lost as well And yet, Señor Medena had not offered o with her

After breakfast they put away their things, covered the fire to smother it and saddled their horses Carmen looked at Jose

"I thought Alex could use a break riding a horse with a saddle on it for a change"

Jose sht a fresh horse and saddle frorulla in hed and told hiood with horses and they like him"

"He said he is a veterinarian in Arkansas - and that you have a…safari?"

"Yes It's not much In Arkansas you can run a lot of animals on a few acres We have alot married and what he had Mostly the animals are rescued ones that Alex has nursed back to health"

They rode in silence for a few minutes before Jose finally spoke "His father is a wealthy h it was a casual question Alex was also a wealthy h"

"I see He and Alex are close?"

Had Alex actually sent Jose to ht now? Was he a hostage?

She stopped her horse and when Jose rode up beside her he studied her face