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Ty opened hisenough to push hie, but stopped before the words escaped She was going to find out, sooner or later, and he’d rather she heard it froe was soo to waste

“Fair enough,” he said, turning around to make his way back toward the trees

“What? Where are you going?”

“The sun’s hot,” he said

She followed, but kept her distance, staying a good ar her arms, she asked, “Is your real name even Ty Bradshaw?”

“Yes,” he said “Tyler Bradshaw” When she opened herThe truth But only if you tell me the truth, too”

She frowned “I’ve never lied to you”

Ty didn’t confirm or deny that, but instead asked, “What’s the history between you and Forrest Reynolds?”

Norht herself too late, after she’d flinched visibly, which Ty noticed “That is none of your business,” she stated, taking a step back to puthi him A man like Ty didn’t scare easily, and unfortunately, she did That wasn’t so, nor did she want to, but his nearness made it impossible to deny The pull inside her orse today than it had been last night, even with all she knew, and that was not a good thing

“I think it is,” Ty said

“What?”

“I think the history between you and Forrest is related to all that’s happening”

For a moment she feared he’d read herinside her His presence had her heart beating faster and her pal, and she felt a crazy, fanatic desire to kiss hiain “Forrest took over the Plantation last year when his father left town,” she said

“And?”

She wasn’t afraid of Ty, but it felt like she’d lost, or was losing, and she didn’t like that Not at all

Nor the hill and lining the roadway, but stared in that direction She couldn’t lose Anshat she needed, and Ty was the one to give theive up a few herself, so be it Forrest Reynolds had become the least of her concerns

“Galen Reynolds inherited the Plantation from his wife’s family It had been successful before the turn of the century, when the White Bear Lake area was full of resorts It started out as a yacht club with sailboat races that brought crowds of people into the area My rew up playing with each other” That was a long ti children she’d understood the Reynoldses had money while her family hadn’t She wasn’t about to mention that, so added, “The flu, when it hit, took Karen’s youngest son, August, teeks after my brother Adam They were babies really, only five years old My mother died a month later”

“I’m sorry”

She hadn’t turned around and didn’t now The sy and left a part of her feeling raw all over again Almost as raay back then, when Forrest’s father had first begun to vocalize his hatred toward her family As the bitterness of that seeped forward, she let it out “Galen Reynolds claiiven the flu to August”

“The flu was everywhere His son could have gotten it anywhere”

“I know” Enough of this Noasn’t the time to rekindle the hatred she harbored for Galen Reynolds Thearound, she walked past Ty, who’d stepped too close for comfort “Forrest and I reh school, until his father put a stop to it,” she said, as if there was no more to it than that

Ty walked past her, all the way to the passenger side of the car, where he opened the door

When her expectant gaze didn’t produce a response from him, she said, “It’s your turn to tell me the truth”

He laughed, which goaded her

“I’ll tell you the truth, when you tellthe door, he leaned over to glance at her out the driver’s“Let’s go I want to visit the last drugstore Dave re at”

“I did tell you the truth,” she insisted

He sat up and stared out the windshield, which meant she had to lean down to look in the“I’m serious I want to knoho you are,” she demanded

“I’m Ty Bradshaw from New York,” he said off-handedly, “who needs to discover who poisoned your uncle before it’s too late Now either get in, or give me the keys I really don’t care which”