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His recognition of Ty was instant “Mr Calder I regret that we should ic circumstances” Despite his constant attelish counterparts, his voice had never lost its distinctive Texas drawl To eliminate any need for a response fro sweep of his hand, “If you’ll bring Miss Tara this way”

With the houseman in the lead, Ty carried Tara into the house, across a marbled foyer, styled to reserand staircase, and along a wide corridor to a suite of roo servants

Tworoo but deft old, softened with delicate touches of pink

Again Tara protested the separation when Ty atteo”

“I’et in bed with your shoes on,” he chided, which apparently made sense to Tara because she sank onto the satin coverlet, lying quietly while he slipped off her black pumps A maid was there to take them from him before he could drop them on the floor

“Dr Parker should be here directly He had to stop at his clinic to pick up some medication for Miss Tara,” the house so He stepped to the , parting the sheers to look out “Here he is now I’ll bring hi orders to the maids as he went “Close the draperies, and see that Mr Calder has a chair by the bed so that he can sit with Miss Tara” On his way into the sitting roo doorway He iive me but these are Miss Tara’s private quarters”

Turning, Ty saw Cat “That’s my sister, Brownsmith”

The house use of his instant recall to address her by her full given naive nize you”

“Of course,” Cat replied as he waved her into the room, then disappeared himself into the sit

ting room “How could he remember me when I barely remember him?”

Ty nodded in agreement “You couldn’t havefor hiain

Even after the doctor ad his hand in a death grip and refusing to let go With the doctor’s departure, theTy and Cat alone in the darkened room with Tara They spoke little and then in hushed voices

Late in the afternoon, it started to rain Ty sat by the bed and listened to the sound of the hipped rain pelting the panes It was a lonely sound, ht and the thick silence

It was along about early evening when Brownsht supper aiting for the room

Cat shook her head when Ty suggested she eat first “She see soundly I’ll sit with her It’s time you had a break”