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“She’s a Calder She’ll get over it Still, we ht make it We won’t know until we try,” Quint replied and transferred his sleepy-eyed son to his wife “Let’s get our luggage loaded”

Before Gus disappeared back inside the hangar, Trey waved to hie”

As Gus trotted over, Quint suggested, “Youthe pickup back the trailer up to the cargo door There’s a ramp with chutes inside that should reach”

“A ra?”

“You’ll find out after we get all the bags loaded”

With both Eed all the suitcases and ifts in one trip By the time they had it all loaded in the back of the SUV, the stock trailer was positioned at the plane’s cargo door

Empty climbed into the backseat to ith Dallas and little Josh while Trey and Quint returned to the plane to unload Jake’s Christmas present Trey took one look at the brown and white speckled calf as it exploded out of its confining transport stall and careened down the chute into the trailer, bucking and bawling the whole way

“He bought Jake a calf?” Trey turned a dumbfounded look on Quint “The Triple C has hundreds of them Why couldn’t—”

“None of thehorns,” Quint inforical question, added, “Why a Longhorn? That’s a question you’ll have to take up with Gramps In the meantime, you wait for Laura and I’ll take Dallas and Empty to the house See you in a bit”

True to his word, Quint pulled up to the hangar area about the time the private jet streaked into view He clier seat and joined Trey on the tarmac

“Good ti”

“For all of us,” Quint said and jerked his head at the loo closer Probably be here around mid-afternoon”

Trey nodded agreeh whine of its engines grew to a roar as they were switched to reverse thrust, and the aircraft slowed Soon it was taxiing toward them

Even after the plane rolled to a stop and cut its engines, neither Trey nor Quint approached it until the passenger door opened A sandy-haired Sebastian stepped out first, his long overcoat hanging open unbuttoned, a plaid scarf looped around his neck He threw thelided down the steps, then turned to wait for Laura As if on cue, she appeared in the opening, wrapped in a full-length sable coat, aher blonde head, and paused a beat

Trey murmured an arand entrance Married life hasn’t changed that about her”