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“Where are you heading now?”
Ty paused, gathering the effort to answer “I’s there on my way up to the north camp”
“To see Jessy Niles?”
Ty’s spine stiffened He looked hard and direct at his fatter “Arch has been having proble it”
“Then stop by Jessy’s place for coffee on your way ho cal volumes
“Since Jessy has pulled the day shift and will be working at the calving sheds when I leave there, I’m not likely to stop by her cabin” Ty responded indirectly to the i it
“You’re very faed, closely observing Ty’s reactions “I’ve never made it a practice to pry into your personal affairs”
His temper frayed “Then butt out of theer barely checked
“This talk about you and Jessy has gone too for when it’s reached me,” his father stated “There’s never this much smoke without some fire somewhere You’ve made your bed, Ty You’re a oing to keep them I don’t care how much of this is smoke and how much is fire Just stay away fro”
“My God, that’s the pot calling the kettle black!” Rage vibrated inside hi order “Don’t do as I do, do as I say—is that it?”
“You’d better explain yourself,” his father warned
“I’ll explain h-pitched voice “In tords—Sally Brogan Or don’t you recall all those ti on your wife?”
The backhanded swing of his father’s gloved hand struck hiainst the upright posts of the stall His hand was at his jaorking it, while he glared at his father Anger and resentment smoldered hotly in his blood It drove hie that took both of the about like two giants locked in mortal combat, one in the prime of his manhood and the other wisened in battle
Shouts ca of running feet A pair of hands grabbed at Ty, then two ister other for into the fray to break it up and forcibly separate the two men
Sanity returned slowly to hied in air as Ty stopped struggling in the grip of the two htly He wiped at it with his glove, licking the inside with his tongue, while he glanced watchfully at his father The older Calder shrugged off the hands with an i hard and steadily eyeing his son Then he looked around at the stablehands