Page 27 (1/2)

Chase stood on the balcony of the luxurious condo off the water arm and humid

“I aded as he raised the iced drink

“I can’t tell you how pleased I aie are here” EJ stood beside him to admire the view “I finally have the opportunity to return the hospitality you so graciously extended to me on numerous occasions”

“Maggie and Cathleen were both suffering from a bad case of cabin fever So we decided to fly down for a few days and see Ty” On the beach below, he could see Cathleen busily darting all over the sand, picking up seashells and running to show them to Ty and add thehter was a stunningly beautiful girl in a skimpy bikini, alhter, EJ”

“I think your son has fallen in love with her” He studied Calder over the rilass to see his reaction “So far, she’s led him on a merry chase”

“Most women do” It was a somewhat nasty answer, but Chase couldn’t explain to hiative

“I can’t say that I’d have any objections if there was a er of our two families in the future,” Dyson remarked

“Any objections would be preh to knohat they want,” he stated, throwing another glance at the young couple on the beach “It isn’t the right tiirl”

“I quite agree,” the Texan drawled “Both of thee to finish And I want Tara Lee to spend a year abroad touring Europe, so that youthful thirst for adventure will be satisfied before she settles down Like you, I don’t want thees are hell, as you well know”

“That’s right” The offhand response belied Chase’s alertness as he tried to discern whether Dyson’s coeneral reie

In that first glow of reborn love, they had both been guilty of believing that love alone would sh patches every ed each of thees they’d had of each other Sometimes it was difficult for higie had beco anyone, and she expected to be part of the the old ways to their present needs required constant effort

They had ht between the less and less frequent As long as Ty wasn’t mentioned, they could pretend they didn’t have any problems, but it was impossible for them not to talk about their own son

There was a certain bitter irony in the fact that Ty had been responsible for reuniting hi the to the hope that when Ty finished college and caie would die a natural death

Once he’d thought he could endure afroh he knew Maggie continued to love hi he needed So far, he hadn’t crossed that fine line of sexual faithfulness he observed

“I’ve had the opportunity to becoe here in Texas,” Dyson remarked “As you know, he’s occasionally spent weekends at my home in Fort Worth as well as here on Padre Island He’s an intelligent and sensible young h I know he only comes to see Tara Lee”