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“Someone needs to knock so “What was it this time?”

“He and Dan were horsing around in the mine”

Carol shook her head “You are giving Mary a bad iood row up But just wait until I get my hands on them”

“Here’s your chance, sweetheart,” Jack said “Because here all three of them come”

Chapter Four

Craig saw his parents sitting at a table with the beautiful woman he and his brothers had seen on the street earlier Could I be any luckier? Not a chance

“Boys, I’d like to introduce you to Mary Kincaid,” Dad To at our house for a few days”

“Do they live with you?” Mary asked, her eyes sparkling like diamonds

“No They each have their own house,” Carol said

Pappy Jack s men in the family build a home with their oo hands Builds character”

“We have a big ranch,” Pop Will told Mary “Plenty of roorandsons will continue the tradition We hope”

Craig knew the dig was directed at him more than his two brothers Pop had taken hiet him to think about the future He hadn’t been ready to settle down There had been plenty of time for that He’d always believed that when he, Dan, and Dillon found the right wo into Mary’s eyes, he realized the time had finally come She was the one He felt it in his heart Love at first sight had never been so he believed in Now he knew that it not only existed, but he also was experiencing it firsthand

“Craig, did the doctor give you some medicine?” his mom asked

“Just antibiotics Why?”

“Dan and Dillon have shaken Mary’s hand She offered it to you, but you just stood there like you were in some kind of trance Are you sure you’re okay?”