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Taylor climbed in next to her.
    He smiled, reached behind him, and pulled out what looked like a brown paper lunch bag. “Just in case.”
    It took her a second to understand what that meant. “I’m not going to throw up.”
    “I hope not.”
    “You aren’t some crazy pilot who likes to take risks are you?”
    He turned the key and the engine roared to life. He’d untied to plane before she got in. “No, but I like to push the plane to see what she can do.” He looked over at her. “Don’t worry. I’ll ask before I do my barrel rolls.”
    “You’re funny.”
    He handed her a headset. “Put this on. That way we can communicate.”
    Cool . Once she slipped it on, he reached over and flicked a switch.
    “Can you hear me?” he asked.
    “Yes.”
    “Good.” He taxied out toward the runway.
    She looked out the window at Jackson who was waving. The fact he didn’t look worried bolstered her confidence.
    Taylor placed a hand on her arm. “I’m going to radio our intentions.” He looked straight ahead as if he were checking for incoming airplanes. “This is N145P taking off on runway 33R.” He tossed her a reassuring smile.
    She didn’t know if anyone answered, but a moment later, the engine revved, and they headed down the runway. She didn’t see any other planes coming or going. Taylor looked over and raised his brows as if to ask her permission.
    She gave him a thumbs-up. The engine speed increased. He pushed a lever forward, and her back pressed against the seat. A few butterflies settled inside her stomach, but she was determined to enjoy whatever maneuvers he wanted to do. Taylor was the type to challenge her. He needed to understand he’d met his match.
    The plane ate up the ground in no time, and soon they were in the air. Exhilaration filled her. Normally, she wasn’t one to take chances, but this was too good a chance to pass up. Even though her dad had the means, he’d never taken up flying.
    “You want to fly over the Callen estate?” he asked.
    “That would be really neat.” She’d never seen their property from the air. Not that there were property lines, but she’d be able to spot the house. “How do you know where it is?”
    “I programmed it into the GPS system.”
    The man liked to be prepared. It took ten minutes to reach the family ranch. “I see our house!” She leaned to the right.
    “I can do a little better.”
    He tilted the plane to the right and she slapped her hands on the canopy to stop from falling. “Oh, my God.”
    He chuckled and righted the plane. “You okay?”
    She appreciated the concern in his voice. Apparently, he was only trying to give her an unobstructed view, not scare her to death. “I’m good.”
    Now that she realized he’d made the plane do that on purpose, her pulse slowed, but the adrenaline still slammed through her veins. Their level flight allowed her to appreciate the size of the twenty-five thousand acres. If she added her dad’s brothers’ ranches, the Callen dynasty was three times as large.
    “Are you ready for some fun?” There was a definite edge to his voice.
    “Can you define fun?”
    “This.” Before she could inhale, the plane turned upside down then righted again.
    She couldn’t speak. She probably shouldn’t have grabbed his arm as he was trying to control the plane, but she would have appreciated a bit more warning. “Oh.”
    He looked over at her. “I won’t do that again if you’re afraid.”
    There went that dare again. “I’m good.” In fact, that partly wasn’t a lie. “I feel more alive than I have in a while.”
    “That’s the blood returning to your brain that’s talking. What do you think about going a bit higher?”
    If he wanted to dish it out, she’d take it. “Sure.”
    Her head pressed against the backrest and the pressure of the climb was close to getting punched in her stomach. Okay, she was exaggerating, but she didn’t want to admit it was the fear talking.
    He must have climbed for