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The horse’s head jerked, as though he actually understood her words

Sam said, “He definitely likes your voice” Probably her face too, which Sam himself had already committed to memory

Beside hiot a crush” She bea about”

He snickered Apparently, his soon-to-be sister-in-law had caught his gaze easing down Sky’s back to her shapely butt, not quite covered by the jacket She had long legs he couldn’t keep fro all tangled up with the blue-eyed beauty, despite the fact his focus these days was on horses, not women

To Reese, he said, “Don’t get all high and hty on me I can keep my hands to myself”

Maybe

She laughed “I wasn’t suggesting that at all”

Saer while Sky talked to Midnight When she returned to where he and Reese stood, she pulled in a deep breath, then slowly exhaled

“Okay,” she said “Tell me what happened to him”

“Probably not a good idea,” Reese was quick to say To Sam, she explained, “Sky loves horses She used to have one, in fact Midnight’s story will break her heart”

“All the stories will break my heart,” Sky said “But I want to know about him He’s the most beautiful horse I’ve ever seen”

With a nod—because Sam understood the coht’s oas , but he didn’t have a trailer So he tied the stallion to the hitch on the back of his truck and had the horse trot along behind him as he drove the back roads of Hill Country Not too fast, but still…”

Sky stared at him, incredulous

Sam continued “It was a hot day and the horse hadn’t been fed or watered in so exhaust froht have just stuuy had the bed of his truck piled so high with stuff, he didn’t know right off that he was dragging the horse along the asphalt, especially since they were going downhill”

“Good Lord” Her hand clamped over her mouth and horror filled her eyes