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“Ty Thank God, you’re there Have you heard about Daddy?” Her voice quivered with the effort to hold back a sob
“Just a few ements to fly down for the funeral”
“You’re co, too, aren’t you?” There was a desperation to her question that bordered on hysteria “Ty, you must Please” Her voice broke on a sob “You don’t knohat it’s like here They’re hovering around like vultures I don’t have anybody I can trust Not a single one, Ty I thought it would be enough just to hear your voice, but it isn’t I need to see you I need to know someone is here for me”
The emotion in her voice, the needy words were like a snare, trapping hi he didn’t want—just like in the old days “Tara,” he began in resistance
“Ty, you have to co voice that ripped at hi to you at all, you’ll do this I need you” She broke down and began to weep in delicate, but wrenching sobs In between each one, he could hear her little murmurs of “Please, please, please” It aroused all of his protective instincts
The Tara he knew had never pleaded for anything in her life Schemed and manipulated, yes Sweet-talked and cajoled, yes But she didn’t beg
Still Ty hesitated a er before he finally said, “I’ll see what I can arrange, Tara” His stateratitude He said his goodbyes and hung up
Even before he turned to the group, Jessy felt a cold chill of foreboding run down her spine She mentally braced herself for as to come
“She wants eneral announce
“You’re going, of course” She said itin her stomach
His mouth slanted in a crooked smile that was so full of warmth it was like a caress “I knew you would understand”
“Of course” Jessy suspected that she understood better than he did Even though his ering sense of responsibility toward her—a husband’s responsibility, if not to Tara, then to his dreae of Tara that was the
Ty shifted his attention to Chase “Ballard gave me a list of places with on-premise sale barns A couple of the out a few of theht as well look them over while I’m down there for the funeral Before we can decide whether ant to go the private auction route, we’ll need to know the type of facility it would require, plus the cost of construction”
Chase concurred
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