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“You’re kidding”

“Nope”

“You’re a supervisor here”

He tilted his head “Not really My parents thought it better if I worked on our ranch than the mine”

“Is Austin your brother, too? I got a note fro me a tour”

“He’s the oldest of us five While our dads are off, he’s the one in charge”

Dads? Did they have different fathers? “Fine Then I should do as he instructed I would rather get eable supervisor Where is one?”

“Woman, you sure have a ”

“Phoenix, focus A supervisor, please”

“Sweetheart, it’s me or no one”

“Fine Do you know your way around the mine?”

“Since I was five Let’s get you outfitted”

Standing in one of the wide crosscut tunnels in the mine, Jessica nodded to herself Wilde Mine produced tons of silver and other semiprecious metals every year, and still its safety standards exceeded the requiredshot In fact, she wouldn’t be surprised if it had been the safestjust doesn’t add up

“Well, you’ve seen the whole shooting match” Instead of a cowboy hat, Phoenix wore a yellow hard hat, just like she earing He looked dahts, Jessie?”

“I’ve got a lot more to look over before I can say” She heard footsteps, echoing off the walls of the tunnel Someone was headed their way The tour had calmed her down Work was always like that for her Whenever her personal life went haywire, she’d drown herself in her job