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Trey, on the other hand, was in his height of glory, perched atop the saddle, both hands wrapped around the horn while Jessy led the horse around the corral When it was Laura’s turn to ride, Jessy e of the lead rope

Keeping both twins entertained required her undivided attention Jessy was unaware of Tara’s return until she heard the ru away fro toward the ranch co to ed the store for theether with hi, but Tara’s arrival had necessitated a postponement

A check of her watch indicated she had roughly an hour before lunch Once again she hefted a skinny Trey onto the saddle

“Okay, buster, two more turns around the corral then we have to call it quits so I can get you two cleaned up before lunch”

Unconcerned, Trey grinned from ear to ear, satisfied to be back on the horse

“Soument from hi himself onto the corral’s top rail “Looks like he’ll be quite the horserows up”

“It does, doesn’t it?” Jessy agreed with ht

“Jobe tells ht a couple horses” Ballard didn’t bother to identify Tara by name On the Triple C, any use of the feminine pronoun invariably referred to Tara

“That’s right” Jessy continued walking the horse around the pen

“I wonder how she’s gonna get them to Wolf Meadow,” Ballard mused absently

“Probably the same way as always, she’ll fly in”

“If it was ates, offload the horses, throw a saddle on one, and lead the other through the gate”

“Who knows? Maybe she will”

“Did Ty have anybody to follow to see that she doesn’t?”

“I don’t know You’ll have to ask him” With the second and last circuit of the corral finished, Jessy led the horse to the gate