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Fritz glared at her "Don't you ever read the Bible?"

Nothing made the hours pass faster than a lively discussion, and Fritz was always fair game She tossed out the verbal bait and waited for him to strike

"Of course I read the Bible In no place does it say a woer at her "Not in so many words, but it says wo"

Yes, he took the bait and he was running with it She s? Didn't Jesus wear a robe?"

Davis chuckled softly "I believe she has you there, Fritz"

Fritz shot Davis a warning look and abruptly stood, glaring down at Cassie "You're deliberatelythe point Woed "Maybe that's what it means, maybe not Anyhat is a man's role?"

Fritz studied her warily He hated it when she won an argu with an illusive and general answer "A man's role is to feed his wife and family"

"And if he doesn't? Then who is supposed to feed them?"

He focused his attention on the coffee in his cup, swirling it while he avoided her probing gaze "Then a woman has to do the best she can on her own"

He kneas being backed into a corner His deterainst a wo as she sticks to work meant for wo? Or helping with the plowing or hitching up the teaon in for supplies or "

"I get the point," he interrupted in a brusque tone You hired on as a cook We're short handed so you wind up taking care of your own teaon Why Pete hired you instead of a man, I'll never understand"

That wasn't the point she was trying to make, butabout She didn'tthe team In fact, she enjoyed it What she didn't like was the idea that when she finished paying for the ranch, her father could come back and claiot the credit and benefit It wasn't fair but that was how the law read - and how , since theyto change anything, though, so she forced a grin as she aze of Fritz