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“Huh?”
“Doing all the chores on the ranch is one thing There’s books to keep, negotiations to bein the fields, which I’ to do, too Your father and uncle, and your grandpa before theh school They learned their trade, which is why it’s an aiven to you If you don’t have the education, he’ll have to consider allowing someone else to run the ranch”
She heard Paige gasp
“He wouldn’t do that?”
“What if you can’t do what needs to be done, sweetie? If you can’t calculate hard forh and it’s hard, and I hated going every single day I went though, and now I’m pleased I did” She pulled up in front of the school and turned toward Paige “I’ll be here every single step of the way”
“They all laugh at me because I don’t have a ot, like, the coolest dad on the planet”
She chuckled “You ignore those girls”
“Do you have a e asked
“Yes, I do”
“Is she your entire world?”
Maddie rubbed at her te”
Heron her, and of course, her father had agreed with her Her sister Eh they tried to hide it
That was one of the reasons Maddie always liked to work away fro a nanny provided her with an excuse to be absent on more than one family occasion Even if she did arrive, she’d be pushed into kitchen duty while they listened to Emily talk about a load of bullshit, but her parents lapped it up, and she was tired of it
“You look sad, Maddie,” Paige said
“Soe You’re cool Don’t let anyone ever tell you any differently, okay? You’re perfect exactly the way you are”
She was surprised when Paige threw her ared her back and offered her a so and show them hoesome you are”
Paige left the car and waved at her She watched as a couple of girls that were clearly e didn’t even stop She kept on walking, head held high, proud and ready to take on the world
Already she had found herself getting close to Paige, and Maddie knew that was dangerous Nannies were always replaceable, and each time she left a home, she always found a piece of herself had been left there She had a feeling Paige would be the one to take the largest part of her
Chapter Three
Late summer was one of the busiest times on the ranch, and for Caleb, he couldn’t believe that an entirein his hoh for the ranch hands when they worked late, or when it was a long day and they arrived early During the weekends, Paige was out in the pastures with hi with the folloeek’s plan