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Chase grunted a nonanswer and rocked forward, pulling a pair of reading glasses fro them on, he flipped open the folder and perused the enclosed document

“What are the terlasses

“I think you will find they are quite generous Fortunately my income is such that I don’t have to be concerned about a return onnow on finding a way to deed the land over to you without creating a lot of tax complications for either of us”

As dangled carrots went, Ty gave Tara highher, he was certain there would be conditions attached to it There alere, even if they weren’t spelled out at the beginning

“That’s a very grand gesture,” Ty remarked, aware that it was one without substance at the moment

“On the surface I suppose it seems that way But it isn’t really SinceI have to a faet the way you were there when I needed you,” Tara declared in a subtle bid forwith unshed tears “It meant more to me than you will ever know”

“It was nothing”

“Maybe not to you, but it was to ot started—I wanted to do so thattitle to Wolf Meadow in the first place, it seeet it back for you” Pausing, Tara allowed a small smile to play across her lips, one that was a little rueful and apologetic “Then I became a little selfish and decided to keep a little piece of the Triple C forneither of you would normally permit”

“So you resorted to extortion to get it,” Ty concluded

“That’s putting it a bit strongly, I think, considering that my intent is to restore your ownership of the property”

“Except for fifty acres of it,” he countered dryly

“I am certain that we can ulti whereby it is titled in your name with a proviso that I have a life estate to it That’s so our attorneys can work out”

“In the meantime you want”—Chase paused to locate the precise phrase in the document—“ ‘ten dollars and other valuable considerations’ for a one-year lease”

“Obviously if a transfer of ownership can be accomplished sooner than that, ill” Tara’s expression brimmed with confidence

“By the way,” Chase addressed his remark to Ty,