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On account of her being alone

Chapter Seven

Teague should have known that his brother wouldn’t do the right thing and sit this vacation weekend out He couldn’t have been more frank when he’d last spoken with Tucker What part of, ‘stay the hell away’ didn’t his twin understand?

“Apparently none of it,” he muttered His brother’s head was as hard as a two-by-four and twice as thick It was a trait all the Siue should have known better, especially considering his own constitution was equally stubborn But still…

He’d been hoping for relative quiet

It was Fridayand the sun had been up for a few hours Just back froue had planned on a solitary breakfast and a day out on the lake Alone Good God, it had been hard enough escaping the kids and the dog froan were the ht he belonged to Teague

And then there was the grandmother

Louise, Brent Campbell’s mother, had shown up two days earlier, and it wasn’t a coht about the wo and she did so with a sue with Hell, he’d barely been able to finish working on the gazebo and decking because Louise had taken a shine to him and wouldn’t leave him alone

She was forthright and fierce and it was obvious Sabrina and her grandchildren ot that—fah he’d come to like her company (in s other than his personal life

Louise: Are you seeing anyone?

Teague: Not really

Louise: What ’s that mean?

Teague: It means not really

Louise: Sounds like a bullshit answer to me

Teague: That ’s pretty blunt