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“That’s quite a haul”

“There wasn’t a single person on the ranch who didn’t contribute soar

“Full participation That’s really remarkable”

“I guess it is, but I learned long ago that cowboys have the biggest hearts”

“They certainly do on the Triple C” Wade paused next to her while she gathered up the largest sized bag of powdered sugar

“So how do you usually spend the Christlance as she moved toward the back of the store and its counter area

“It depends on where I ah I always make a point to spend at least a couple days with e so I can never be sure how many more Christmases I’ll have with him”

“I know that feeling” And it war in common

“What made you ask?”

“Just curious,” Cat answered with an idle shrug “Soo skiing for the holidays Me, I’roup that likes to stay home and spend Christo with it”

“Like iced Christar she carried and flashed her a srooves in his cheeks

She laughed and adrams—the whole nine yards Best of all, this year the house will be full of fa fro in frorandson It will be the first tiether in several years”

“Sounds fun,” Wade re a fairly large extended faood fortune to be blessed with one”

Out of the corner of her eye, Cat spotted a new display of housewares and stopped to look, picking up a silicone rubber muffin pan She read the label and tested its flexibility by bending it, balancing the bag of powdered sugar in the crook of her arm

“What’s that?” Wade asked