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Hazel had adored horses when she was a kid, too What wasn’t to love? They were beautiful ani with some model horses that she played with often

“Well, when you’re old enough to take care of it yourself, then we’ll talk,” Hazel said

Evie looked at her ue She went back to drawing

“Why didn’t you go back to Colorado after you had Evie?” Callum asked Hazel

She wondered over the suddenness of his question Heabout it before Evie had joined the conversation Was he trying to learn more about her? Was he interested?

“I like it here I like the coo back to Pagosa Springs to see my parents, usually on the holidays”

“Don’t you want to be closer to your family?” he asked “Especially with Evie?”

He had hit on one of the things that had kept her away “Actually, I love my parents but they can be intrusive My mother would be at my house daily or demand I come see her She already does that now She coh It’s like she has a hard tio as kids We’re adults noith our own lives and aspirations I wish she’d treat us that way”

“Have you told her that?”

“Yes She just says she loves me and wants to see me as much as possible It’s better that I’ht want to change that as Evie gets older We’ll see What about you? What kind of relationship do you have with your fam

ily?”

“You said you would read to me,” Evie interrupted

“Go get your jammies on,” Hazel said

“A,” Evie complained, but she went to do as told

“I’m not very close to them, except Marlowe I never talked much with my parents I don’t know if that’s becauseat Colton Oil I would like to change that, though Ever since ht about that I want to be closer to him and the rest of my family”