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“Rose!” His tone“Come on in”

She stepped into his office Ferg rose to greet her, extending his hand across the massive desk Rose accepted the handshake She didn’t trust the ht now she needed his help

He ht-backed chair that faced the desk, then resuirl? Garn randdad owned Does that have anything to do with the reason you’re here?”

Rose inferred that Garn hadn’t told his father all that had happened on the creek But either way, she couldn’t allow that to matter “You invited me to call on you if I ever needed your help,” she said

“That’s right And I ary s this easy, maybe too easy But he was her only hope

“You know that parcel is mine by inheritance, don’t you?”

“I do” His light brown eyes were fixed intently on her “And I know that Bull claims to own it now I know that because I’ve tried to buy it from him, for a fair price of course”

“Of course But Bull can’t sell the property because it isn’t his He took it fro the deed And now that I want it back, he won’t budge He’s refused to let me have it”

“Too bad But that’s Bull for you” Ferg was all sympathy “I take it you need me to twist his arally Yes?”

“Yes Legally, I ht now I can’t afford to pay anyone But if I could just get soal affairs”

“Say noexclailad to advise you His office is in Lubbock, but he has sos this afternoon I’ve already invited him for an early dinner Why don’t you come, too? You can talk to hiestions”

“And if I need estions?”

“You et your land back?”

“Sooing to change his mind”

“In that case, it would be my pleasure to help And if you need a loan to fix the place up the way you want it, I’ll even cosign with the bank Believe hbor than Bull”