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She tilted her head in his direction, a persuasively hopeful gleaht have a tour of it? Since the idea to rein with, it feels like the project is ”
Ty weighed her request, trying to guess at her ulterior motive for it But he couldn’t cole back into his good graces And that wasn’t likely to happen
“I have enough tiive you a quick tour of it,” he consented
“Great” Tara set off toward it, clearly anticipating him to fall in step with her “It’s hard not to be a part of this, involved on a daily basis planning all the details for the auction, especially after living with it constantly for over a year I can’t help feeling shut out”
“I would have thought you would be too busy with your own project these days to give ht to the auction,” Ty said in a dry but pointed reference to the construction in progress at Wolf Meadow
Her smile was quick and warm “Not so busy that I don’t have time to think about this” Then her smile took on a rueful quality “I know you don’t believewith you on this”
Ty wasn’t about to let the conversation beco?”
“Quickly” If she was irritated by his change of subject, Tara didn’t let it show “I have creorking on it night and day If you have time one of these days, why don’t you come over and I’ll show you around And I proet to the site,” she teased
His sole acknowledght sht now But I’ll see what I can arrange in the next few days”
“I hope you can come I would like to show you the plans It truly suits its environs, all rustic and open, very earthy and waruessed that already” Tara was at her vivacious and vibrant best, agloith enthusiasm for the subject “Do you realize that this will be the first ho will be just the way I want it, not so I know at my home in Fort Worth, I can see Daddy’s mark in every roo there Sometimes the past shouldn
’t be abolished”
“Perhaps not” Ty stepped ahead of her to open the barn’s Dutch door
Light bathedfroh-hewn timbers Tara stepped inside onto the alleyway’s new floor, bone pattern One of the workers had cranked up the volu
Tara gazed about her with a mixture of pride and satisfaction “This is clearly the exception, Ty On occasions, you can take the past and i is the only obviousYou must be pleased with it”
“I am”