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“Did you find a new jacket for ht with hope

“I certainly did”

“Where is it?” Quint wanted to know

“Yes” Logan picked up the question “Where is this haul you es”

“They’re in the baggage compartment Get your ar to do”

Frank opened the hatch to the luggage compartment, paused, and shot a wide-eyed look at Cat “Good Lord, Miss Cat, you did buy out the stores there”

He hauled box after box out of the rear co boxes, tall boxes, fat boxes, shoeboxes, and hatboxes Cat sorted through theed to whom When she had finished, all but tere in her own stack

Ty stared from the two lonely boxes to Jessy in disbelief “Is that all you bought?”

“Don’t you wish” Cat laughed “That is ht home with her Jessy has the reat on her”

The co a skeptical glance at his wife Jessy had a kind of natural beauty that was si, but she had never been one to spendabout what to wear He had counted on Cat’s fashion sense to guide Jessy in purchasing the appropriate clothes for the auction

“I’ht the doubt that had flickered in his eyes “On Saturday, I must have had her try on twenty different outfits that looked sensational on the hanger but didn’t suit her at all Finally, ere in this one shop and I had already selected two or three things for Jessy to try on when she walked over to a rack, pulled out a short jacket in a brick-red wool, and grabbed a pair of black jeans off the shelf and a high-crowned black hat with a concho band Then she said to ing room, my chin hit the floor Except for the blond hair, she looked exactly like one of those cowgirls in a Dore It’s a perfect outfit for the open house”

“What did you buy for the auction?” Ty asked, his curiosity aroused, taking ht have before this weekend’s turn of events

“A pair of suede jeans and ashirt” Even now, Jessy had lost interest in the subject

“Sounds plain, doesn’t it?” Cat said “But Jessy is striking in it I guarantee heads will turn She found the set in the men’s side of the store, tried it on, and the search was over Of course it didn’t fit properly But fortunately it was the work of a local designer Rather than do a lot ofmade just for her It should be here in a couple ofboots and hat Believe me, she will be sensational in it”

“I believe you” There was satisfaction in the thought that Jessy would be the onethat had always been Tara’s province