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A young boy ran by, squealing in laughter Megan smiled at him then frowned at her father “Whatever happened to ‘respecting everyone’? Nash is not going to respect you if you don’t respect him” His lips parted, but she quickly continued, “If you could see past your own pride, you would see that you respect how he stands up to you Because we both know that’s exactly the type of man you would want me with”

Dad frowned “I don’t like him”

She paused, stared at him Hard “Do you even knohy you don’t like him?”

“He’s a hard-headed, stubborn sonuva—”

“So, again, he’s just like you” She rolled her eyes

Dad harrurass

Megan s up lines to say, then realizing she’d only shut them down

In the silence, she watched the kids playing on the playground Going into all this, she knew her situation with Nash wasn’t an easy one And that was fine As long as everyone tried to ress She could handle that But they had to take steps forward The second someone stopped, a decision would have to be made And she didn’t want to have tothat fight today,in Nash’s and her father’s eyes, she knew she would never allow her child to be exposed to that

Not ever

Knowing she had to get through to hi at the father, child, and grandfather “Do you see those people over there? That’s what I want in the future” Her dad’shim cut in, “You don’t need to like Nash, but youto kill either one of you to srandbaby”

“I am not the problem—”

She frowned “You both need to s your pride and pretend that everything is fine and happy because you’re grown-ups and can do that” She placed a hand on her belly, and her dad stared there before his soft eyes returned to hers “I can’t live with this anger anymore I don’t want this little one to see what I saw today It needs to stop This feud is stupid”

Dad’s brows shot up “Stupid?”

“Yes, stupid You’ve won You have the largest cattle ranch in Colorado Why do you need to rub that in still?”

“That boy is”