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“Yes You’ll be there to pick me up”

“I’ll even be right on time so you don’t have to worry about that”

Caleb moved out of the kitchen, and Maddie watched as he pulled his daughter into his arht This is important”

“I could stay on the ranch”

“There’ll always be chores for you, honey bear, but school work comes first”

“Can’t I be taught at home?”

He shook his head “We tried that You were constantly running rings around the teacher” He kissed her cheek “Be good Learn lots, and make me proud”

She watched as Paige squared her shoulders, nodding her head “I will, Daddy”

They left the ranch, and when Maddie looked back toward theoverlooking the front of the house where the car was parked, she saw hi

Opening the car door, she waited patiently for Paige to get inside before rounding the vehicle

“So you ran rings around your tutor?” Maddie asked

“It wasn’t a big deal I put frogs in his water and dirt in his boots Whenever I said I had to go to the toilet, I snuck out so I didn’t have to work”

Maddie quashed the snigger

“He was boring, though, and spoke so slowly Like a sloth Really slowly” Paige then began to speak slow, showing her exactly what her old tutor was like

“I’ is really important, and you should take it seriously”

Paige blew a raspberry

Maddie thought of a way to put it so that not only would Paige understand, but the young girl would also see why she should do it

“Your dad went to school, right?”

“Well, yeah Uncle Mike did as well, and Grandpa when he was younger and alive”

She didn’t want her charge crying on the way to school “Have you ever thought that the reason the ranch is so aranny went to school?”