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“Enough about clothes” Jessy said with her usual bluntness As far as she was concerned, the subject had been exhausted long ago There were more important matters at hand “Were you able to learn who the nener is?”

“Actually I knehen I talked to you yesterday, but Dad and I decided to wait until you were back to tell you,” Ty adlance at his sister, aware that she would be the one shocked by the news Logan shifted closer to Cat “It’s Tara”

“No” Cat stepped back froreen eyes round with denial and disbelief “She wouldn’t do that You made a mistake”

“There is no entle firmness “I talked with her myself”

“Butwhy? Why would she do it?” Cat looked at hi bewilderment

“Her reasons don’t really matter,” Ty replied “She owns it and we have to deal with that”

It was on the tip of Jessy’s tongue to throw it in Ty’s face that she had warned hi that Tara wasn’t to be trusted But she ise enough to know that indulging in I-told-you-so was a waste of precious energies when they needed to concentrate their efforts on dealing with this new circumstance

“What does she plan to do with it?” Jessy asked instead, every inch of her intent on his answer

“She claims she wants to live on it” Ty was obviously not completely convinced of that “But we’ll have a better idea of her intentions after Friday”

“Why Friday?” Cat frowned

“She’s coestion,” Ty added with dry emphasis “Afterwards ill sit down and talk”

“She’s after the coal, Ty” It was the only explanation that made sense to Jessy “It hat her father wanted Now she intends to fulfill his dream for it”

“If it is, she will play hell getting it out”

Chapter Thirteen

News of Tara’s purchase of the Wolf Meadow range spread across the Triple C faster than a sule individual who hadn’t heard about it Only the very young ones failed to understand its significance