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“Did you ever think you’d be a rancher’s wife?”

I think of the Ivy I greith, thethe quiet friend who sat in the back seat without co in love does this to a person though; it makes them shine It turns the It makes them into the person they were always meant to be

“Never in a million years” She dips a chip into her salsa ra as I’m Beau’s”

“Random question for you … but does Beau know Wyatt at all?”

Ivy chuckles “First of all, that’s not rando up dirt on your ex-boyfriend, and I’m here for it Unfortunately, there’s no dirt—that I know of I’ve never heard anything but nice things about Wyatt over the years Those Buchanans tend to keep to theh They’ve always been that way Oh! A few years back, one of our barns burned down Wyatt showed up with a couple of his brothers and they helped raise a new one in a weekend”

At the center of it all, Wyatt is a good man

I know it

I feel it

“Hey, are you co to the festival this Friday?” she asks with a swat of her hand across the table “And you know our ten-year is Saturday night … if you want to pre-game with us at Raina’s, let me know Otherwise it starts at seven”

I hadn’t planned on going, but since I’ than staying in all weekend

“Yeah, I’ll go,” I say

“Aweso sip of her blended waterarita

We finish our dinner with set ho red wine and watching the sun go down

“Hoas dinner with Ivy?” Dad asks as I trot up the front steps

“It was nice,” I say “She invited me to the Whiskey Moon festival on Friday … and o to that since I’m in town …”

“You’re really settling in here, aren’t you?” he asks with a light chuckle “Don’t you miss the city?”

“Not as

Odette takes a sip of her wine, feigning interest in a conversation that surely bores her because it doesn’t center around her