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"Did you evera saddle onto Shiloh

"No, I never did"

"But you’re froinally," Dustin said

"Nashville’s the best city in the world, but I love these rolling hills out here," Drew told hih it’s so, Nashville’s actually pretty big Folks could wander around for years and never ardless of how long I’ve lived in the state, I’ll never be a real homeboy to people who are from here--like Mariah or Sydney They can trace their faenerations But Olivia used to come out here all the time with her parents, and I know she and Mariah never , isn’t it?"

"I guess so," Dustin said "It’s easy to go through life not knowing everyone--even in a s city," he added wryly

"That’s true enough" Drew grinned "Listen, thanks for the help"

"Not a probles"

"Plenty around here," Andrew said "In fact, you really would be a good candidate to take home a pup or a kitten"

"I wish I was I’ood owner"

"Because of your work"

"I’ out in the field"

"Yeah, well, takes a good man to knohen he can’t have an ani up cute kittens or pups and not realizing the little critters are going to get big So they duet the pet and then have kids and forget they have the pet But all the anih to come here, well, they’ll still be taken care of"

"No surprises in the will, huh?" Dustin asked

Drew shook his head, adjusting the saddle on Shiloh "Not really Oh, yeah, there was one Marcus left his home and the property it’s on to Olivia"

"That was a surprise, then?"

"We thought it would go to Aaron Aaron loves this place and es it really well It would’ve been easy for hio back and forth to the Horse Farm"

"Actually, couldn’t he just live here if he chose? You and Sydney do, right?"

"Yeah, butwe’re not ement types We keep our places pretty nice, but heythis is a stable, and it sements are fine," Dustin said "So where does Aaron live now?"

"Oh, he rents a house down the road He should’ve bought a house when the buying was good Guess he figured"I doubt it’s a probleet a nice salary"

"What about you guys?" Dustin asked

Andrew laughed "I like my life just fine I have a coht I loveto fresh air and beautiful country No rush hour Yeah, I’m pretty happy with my life"

"Good to hear," Dustin said

He saw that Olivia was cootten a brief text fro that she planned to stay at the office where there’d be several people around until her afternoon sessions

But now she was headed his way "Hi, Dustin And thanks, Andrew" She patted Shiloh’s neck "I could have saddled hi to do," Andrew told her "So, things have changed a bit Are you going to keep Shiloh here? Or do you plan on building a barn?"

"I’m here most of the time, and you and Sydney are always here," she said "I’ him stabled where someone’s on duty 24/7"

"That makes sense" Andrew looked at Dustin "You never knoith a horse I had some friends who lost two of their horses a few years back No one was hoot onto the road and were hit by a semi and they had to be put down You just never know"

"Have you seen Joey yet?" Olivia asked