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at him, a wary look in her eyes. “Who
gets to manage him then, if I’m not allowed to do it?”
    “Tyson can do it until I’m up and able to. I don’t
care what the issue is, I never want to see you in the same paddock as him.
Ever.”
    “Yes, boss. Geeze , don’t get
too wound up over it. He’s just a damned ornery bull. We have that breed in
Australia so I’ve seen plenty of them in my time.”
    He grabbed her arm, swinging her around to face him.
“Callie, I’m deadly serious here. I’ve seen him take a man, try and throw him
over the railings, and stomp him to death. I don’t trust him and neither should
you. The only reason he’s alive now is because I refused to let them shoot him.
I want him for stud and that’s all he’s good for now. He’s too dangerous to be
used as a rodeo bull.”
    “Fine. I’ll keep out of his way.”
    Chance ran a hand over his hair. “I’m sorry. I didn’t
mean to sound off at you, but I’ve seen him in action. You haven’t. It would be
easy to be fooled by his nature when he’s like this.”
    “No, that’s okay, I understand. Now what else did you
want to show me before it gets too dark out?” She slipped her arm through his.
    “Let’s take a walk up here further. I had the cows
brought down that are calving just to keep an eye on them. Most are a few weeks
away, but better to be safe than sorry.” Together they walked up driveway where
a small herd of cows were chewing their grass contentedly.
    Callie leaned on the fence, her chin on her hands.
“This is all so different to what I’m used to. At home there’s more red dirt
than grass. The cows have to walk for miles some days to get a decent feed.
That’s the reason why farmers are going bankrupt so much. No feed unless they
truck it in.”
    Chance rested a hand on her shoulder. “We never have
that problem here. If anything, I really need to bring in more stock to keep
the grass down. We can go to a few sales once you get the hang of the place and
you can buy some more.”
    She looked up at him. “I wouldn’t know what to buy.
You have so many different cattle here.”
    “Beef cows are beef cows the world over. Once you get
the hang of what breed is what, I’m pretty sure you’ll be fine.” He shuffled
his feet. “Now, I don’t know about you, but I could do with heading inside.”
    “Of course. It’s been a long day for you.” Callie
slung an arm around his waist and led him back to the house. Chance took a key
from his pocket and walked up onto the front porch. He slid the key in the lock
and pushed the door open, encouraging her to walk in before him.
    ***
    She walked into the room and stopped dead in her
tracks. Chance flicked on a light switch and lit up the entry way and lounge to
the right of the door. She took a step forward and her jaw dropped. The room
was huge with large glass windows that showed off the view of the snow topped
mountains and the ranch sitting at the base of the range. A large cow skin rug
was spread out in front of a wide stone fireplace. It was set ready for a fire
with the timber stacked up and plenty of extra logs stacked to one side of the
wide hearth. Over the fireplace hung a huge mirror that reflected the view from
the front of the house through the large French doors.
    A leather lounge was placed back but aimed at the
fireplace with a low glass coffee table in front of it. Book cases filled the
only other internal wall. It was crammed with books and Callie promised herself
she would have a look when she had more time.
    “This is a stunning house.”
    “You wait until you see the rest of it.” He gripped
his cane and told her to follow him. He led her across the hallway into an open
planned kitchen. The huge island counter faced the dining table off to one side
of the front room with doors that opened onto the porch. Behind the counter, a
large six burner gas oven was set into a stone alcove with down lights and an
exhaust fan. A double door stainless steel