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“If you can be a grandifts on theeously Like you, I will never have children of e in some of those deep maternal instincts all women have”

Later that evening, Tarato the main purpose of her phone call, which was to apprise hiress the architect hadall the existingweek Noah was already at work on sos ready for their review in three or four weeks

As it turned out, it was closer to five weeks Again the architect Noah Richardson arrived at the Triple C aboard Tara’s private jet, acco, as well, on the third and fourth trips

The architect’s fifth visit, with final drawings in hand, coincided with fall roundup, one of the ranch’s busier times In previous years, Jessy would have been in the thick of the gather But a pair of cranky, teething twins had kept her sidelined at The Homestead

Being housebound while all the activity was going on elsewhere co confined with two irritable babies had given Jessy a bad case of cabin fever, complete with frayed nerves When Old Joe Gibbs walked into The Hoe set under his arht of the what little control she had of her temper

Turning on her heel, Jessy charged into the kitchen, grabbed a set of truck keys off the board, and snapped at Sally, “Our company just arrived You’ll have to deal with theain, let them”

Startled by the sharpness in Jessy’s voice, Sally was slow to react “But—where are you going?”

But the back door had already slammed shut behind Jessy

“Jessy?” Joe Gibbs’s questioning voice came from the front of the house “Hey, Jessy, where as?”

Pushed into action by the call, Sally hurriedly wiped her hands on a towel and left the blueberry torte on the counter, unfinished, to hurry to the entry hall

The ray eyebrow shot up “What happened to Jessy? I swear, the very second she laid eyes on me, she took out of here like she’d been scalded”

Tara’s ti Joe’s question as she turned to greet the arriving guests Through the opened front door caravel

Drawn by the noise, Tara stepped back into the doorway “Good heavens, who is that?”

“Jessy” Sally attempted to sound matter-of-fact

Tara’s interest went up another notch “Where is she going in such a hurry?”