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“Tell the fairy I said thank you, Cassie” She looked between the seats, sirl “But Mouide them”
Cassie looked up over at her with a sobriety “You can use my fairy, Momma I’ll tell you what she thinks”
And how did she answer that one? Cassie never failed to surprise her
“Thank you, honey, but Moht now Okay?” She kept her voice gentle She didn’t want to hurt Cassie’s feelings Didn’t want her to sense that her o
“I understand, Mo in the darkness “You can
talk to Dash all you like about it then I know it’s going to be okay”
Elizabeth’s fists clenched as she turned back and faced forward Snow still fell, though not as thick as before The roads were deserted, the country lane blending into the surrounding landscape until only the faintest hint that it was actually a road remained
She hated not knowing Not being certain She didn’t know this rancher, this ex-CIA agent Dash was taking the expected to trust merely because she had no other choice
“Why are you trusting me, Elizabeth, even this far?” he finally asked her “You could have left the motel while I showered You could have made any attempt to escape me And you would have if you felt the need Why didn’t you?”
Dash’s voice was gentle It was dark and dees of her nerves
She pushed her fingers restlessly through her hair He hadn’t hurt her when he had the chance He had killed a h a blizzard and taken her farther away froled with Cassie over chocolate bars and carried a tote of clothes forupdestroyed
He had bought her daughter a bicycle Had sent her a robe He had done so s, even before he found them, to make Cassie’s life, and hers, easier How could she not take the chance?
“You htly “But I still don’t know this man I can’t trust like this, Dash Not after all this time”
“Then trust ested “You can, Elizabeth You know you can”
She stared out at the steadily falling snow, trying to maintain her control as he turned carefully fro the Bar T Ranch They ithin only a few erous situation She braced herself for it, knowing she had no choice now but to trust Dash