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“What is it you want?”
“I’m here to issue an invitation—one that’s iven over the telephone,” she replied
“An invitation to what?” Ty asked, then glanced over his shoulder when he heard the front door opening behind him
“Your ti couldn’t be better, Chase,” Tara declared, quickly drawing him into the circle “I was about to issue a very special invitation”
“An invitation to what?” he asked, unwittingly echoing Ty’s previous question
“An invitation to dinner,” Tara replied, a catlike s her lips “A very special dinner in my new home, this Saturday around sevenish Strictly casual, of course I want all of you to coan, everyone The interior designer still has a few touches he wants to add, but nearly all of the furnishings have arrived, including a pair of highchairs for the twins to use” She cocked her head at a provocative angle “Do you see why this wasn’t an invitation I wanted to uests inthat is to me You will come, won’t you?”
“Of course we’ll cohtly elevated eyebrow Ty aiht?”
“That’s correct,” Tara acknowledged, then declared, “This is absolutely fabulous I can hardly wait until Saturday”
“Neither can I,” Chase agreed with a rare display of char the fortune you spent on this house, I’m curious to see it”
Tara released one of her hs “And a fortune it is, I suspect, but I have refused to listen when my accountant attempts to tell me the total Most ofthis, but you can tell they are secretly envious that I have a home in Montana accessible only by air The phrase has a certain cachet about it that secretly appeals to them”
“It has that ring of exclusivity they tend to like, I iine,” Ty remarked with a trace of censure He had never cared much for her circle of friends
“How true,” Tara admitted “I wouldn’t be surprised, after they fly in to visit me, if there was a run on property around here”
“Really?” Chase showed his skepticisht your friends would have preferred vacation homes with mountain views rather than the flatness of the plains”
“Perhaps, but where I built, the country is a bit ”
Before she could launch into a lengthy description of her location, Ty interrupted, “Sorry, Tara, but your ”