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“Help h space in the ca out here so I can start work in the ”

“Start work on what? Are you out of your mind?”

“No!” The grin that lit her face was pure radiance “I’arden, and a chicken coop This is ned it back to me today!”

According to what he’d already heard, Rose’s news didn’t make sense But Tanner knew better than to imply that it wasn’t true

“Don’t just stand there with your s out of the camper and covered with the tarp before it starts to rain!”

Tanner glanced at the sky In the west, the setting sun glowed like a faded eh the black clou

ds that were spilling across the sky Sheet lightning flickered above the horizon

Ducking into the camper, he picked up a heavy block and tackle and carried it outside “Where did you get all this stuff?” he asked

“I brought it frohter echoed the joy that lit her face It was the first time Tanner had seen her truly happy She was nificent

She was a woman he could al

“Are you going to sleep here, in this ratty old camper?”

“That’s the idea This is my land, and I mean to live on it”

“But you don’t even have a bathrooo?”

“I have an open invitation to stay in a duplex on the Rimrock But this ca better”

Tanner dragged what looked like a tow chain out onto the ground, leaving the caear “For what it’s worth, I think you’re out of your mind, Rose Landro”