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“Good luck withhis earbuds back in

Vivi Ann stood there, staring at hi It was a silent by force of will, she left his bedroo the door behind her A juvenile show of irritation that nonetheless felt good

In the living roo”

Grabbing a sweatshirt off the sofa, she left the cabin and walked down to the barn It was full of trucks and trailers

Inside the arena was carefully controlled pande the barn cats around Several wo in the center of the arena, practicing flying changes Janie, back fro the rail, and Parandson on his new pony

Vivi Ann scanned the crowd, finding Aurora in the stands watching her daughter She put her hands in her pockets and walked over to her sister All around her was the blurringthunder of hooves on dirt She h the crowd and took a seat by Aurora “It’s nice to see Janie riding again”

Aurora sain, period The house is awful quiet these days”

“I wish,” Vivi Ann said

“Noah?”

Vivi Ann leaned against her sister “Isn’t there a rule book for raising teenagers?”

Aurora laughed and put an arm around her “No, but”

“But what?” Vivi Ann kneas co and tensed up

“You’d best do so before he hurts someone”

“He wouldn’t do that”

Aurora looked at her She didn’t say anything, but they both knew she was thinking about Dallas