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Later they dined and drank their coffee by the flickering blaze of the fire Ty built in the fireplace after the sun sank below the horizon and the air had cooled It was a lazy evening, re new ones, just the two of theun for them

It was an easy intimacy they shared, both by the fire and in the subsequent darkness of the bedrooiddiness of new love; they had found so power As usual, they slept tangled together, each warmed by the body heat of the other

A bird trilled itswas drowned out by the strident ring of the telephone Groggily Ty rolled over and squinted a look at the light beyond the bedrooers located the telephone on the bedside table He picked up the receiver, cutting short the second loud ring Beside him, Jessy had snapped aith aIt took her a second to remember where she was By then Ty had answered the phone

“Yeah What’s the problem?” He tried, but he couldn’t keep all of the sleep out of his voice

“That depends on your definition of a problem”

At the sound of his father’s voice coht thethe covers up over her breasts

“The twins? Are they all right?”

Without an answer, Ty could only shake his head “Is so, Dad?”

“In a , yes But tell Jessy not to worry The twins are fine Sally is just about to give Laura herbecause Tara phoned last night”

“Tara” Ty frowned and pushed into a sitting position “What did she want?”

“She wanted to knoe had finalized our building plans for the new sale barn yet How did she know about that?”

“I think Iwhile I was in Fort Worth for the funeral” But it was little ue memory

“I figured it was probably so like that Anyway, she wants us to put any plans we’ve made on hold until she talks to you I didn’t bother to pass her ht There didn’t see But—here’s the bad news—she’s flying in this ”

“She’s what?” His fingers tightened their grip on the receiver, shock and disbelief racing through him

“You heardan architect with her Her plane should land at our strip between ten and eleven I thought I’d better let you know that”