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Her head lifted “You always told me it was never too late to correct a mistake”

Her words took solare in his eyes “You’re through with theuess”

He subsided into silence and Dallas reached for one of the grocery sacks Ehtful

“What did Quint say when you told him?”

“Nothing” Dallas wrapped both arhtly in front of her as if it ot in his truck and drove off”

Eust out “Guess there wasn’tlike that You’re probably lucky he didn’t tell you to get the hell out of his sight” He grabbed up a sack “Guess we roceries in the house and start packing It’s not likely he’s going to want us here anyets back”

“No” Dallas was surprised by the forcefulness of her answer Yet she felt the rightness of her stand “Somebody has to be here when the hay’s delivered And if anyone leaves, it will only beto let him blame you for what I did”

“You aren’t going to go anywhere without me,” he stated firmly

Dallas shook her head “Quint needs you And if he wants one, he’ll have to tell me”

Eument, but there was a sadness in his eyes “You love hiuessed

“Yes” She choked up

“I just wished you had trusted him a little, Dallas”

His words were a poignant echo of sio And trust was the issue—a broken trust that ain

The upthrust of glass and granite soared four stories into the air Its sleek, polished sides e of the black pickup that pulled into an e lot Quint piled out of the cab, sla’s entrance, a long-striding walk propelling him toward the door

There was one thought and one thought only in his ht now Nothe drive to Fort Worth, it had always coes Their b