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“Your ti Julie as she tried to affix the top he’d deliberately, and quite successfully, untied

Duke grinned “Don’t mind me You two kids have fun I’ horse Frank bought for Julie”

“Forwith her swimsuit top

Hank stroked her back He couldn’t help hiht he wanted sohs and reclaim territory that had always been marked as his

Julie shrugged him away and took the hand Duke offered her “I see Hank still has the same effect on you”

“Hardly,” she gruainst a picnic table

“Sure looked like a good ti “I just wish I hadn’t interrupted Heck, if I’d let things progress, who knohat I ht have found in another minute or two Maybe I could’ve joined in, too”

“My thoughts exactly,” Hank said, thinking he owed Duke the same favor whenever the opportunity presented itself

“You two can work this out I’ll run down to the barn and check out the new arrival,” Julie said, grabbing a po

ol bag She reached over the sate lever Once freed, the gate gave way and she hobbled down the winding path leading to the barn

“Your ti is worse now than ever before,” Hank coht call you out as a dead-level idiot”

“She wasn’t ready for that,” Duke said, the a as he spoke “Maybe you are But she isn’t”

“Hoould you know?”

Duke parted his legs and placed his hands on his hips He looked like a throwback fro to draw his weapon and fire on the ene side of justice “You knohat she’s been through She’s still healing”

“There’s not a thing wrong with her legs She just needs to strengthen them”