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grabbed a yoghurt from
the fridge and stood at the counter eating it.
    “If
it’s so good then why aren’t you eating it?”
    She
pointed her spoon at him and glared. “Watch it pal, or you’ll be out doing your
own branding.”
    A
slightly more composed Gina came back down the stairs a few minutes later. She
was winding her hair up and tying it in a knot with a band. Fisher spat the
empty bottle from his mouth and reached for his mother.
    “How’s
Mama’s little baby boy?” She took hold of him and Rory felt the cold replace
the small warm body as she lifted him up. “Did you let me sleep in? Such a good
little man.”
    “I’m
sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you by taking him. It just seemed like the thing
to do considering you were so tired.” Callie poured her a coffee and placed it
on the table.
    “No,
I should be apologizing to you guys. All you’re doing is trying to be nice and
I flipped out.” Fisher stood up on his feet and bounced on Gina’s knee.
    “You
have every right. If you see him missing again, you can guarantee it’ll be one
of us that has him. Nobody comes up here anyway so don’t go worrying about
strangers. Beside, Sherbet would have them before they could get into the
house.” She glanced at the dog sitting and watching every bite Chance took of
his toast, a hopeful look in her eyes.
    “I
know and I’m sorry I panicked. I’m just not used to having anyone help out.
Now, what can I do? I did promise you French toast for breakfast.”
    “Nah,
it’s all good. Save that for tomorrow. We have to get to work or we’ll never
get done today.” Callie dropped a kiss on Fisher’s head before walking over to
the back door and taking her hat from a hook, plonking it firmly on her head.
“Come down to the barn later if you want a look around. In the meantime, make
yourself at home and do whatever you feel like.”
    “Ditto.”
Chance dropped his cup in the sink and threw the last charred crust to Sherbet
before he joined his wife. Together they walked out with the dog hurrying in
front of them.
    “Well,
I’d better get to work too.” Rory pulled out his wallet and took out a credit
card which he placed it on the counter. “I want you to have this and before you
start protesting, stop. I pay the food bills here, it’s my contribution.” He
rattled off his pin number. “For now, your part in this house is going to be
the cooking if you can deal with it. You know Callie hates it and since I don’t
always get home early, it doesn’t make sense to rely on me.” He smiled and
walked over to stand in front of her. “If you need anything at all, for the
house or for yourselves, use the card to buy it. And it might pay to fill up
your car with gas too, next time you go into town.”
    “Thank
you.”
    “No,
thank you for trusting me enough to come all this way with your baby on the
chance that this could work between us.” He leaned down and kissed her on the
lips. A soft kiss that barely touched her skin. “We’ll talk about the
renovations to the ranch tonight if we have time. You two have a good day now.”
Rory brushed his finger across Fisher’s cheek before walking out and shutting
the door behind him.
    ***
     
     
    She
sat stunned at the table while her baby gurgled on her lap. What had just
happened? Rory had given her his credit card and told her to buy whatever she
or Fisher wanted. That didn’t sound a bit like the man who’d met her at the run
down ranch yesterday. What had she said to change his mind?
    Fisher
wriggled and Gina held him up. “Baby boy, this diaper is way too wet for my
liking. Let’s get you dressed before I give you breakfast.” She slipped him
onto her hip and hurried upstairs to change into clean clothes. When Gina finished
dressing her baby, she brushed her teeth and made the bed, letting Fisher play
on the floor exploring the room.
    Ready
to go down to the kitchen and start cleaning up, she picked him up and they
headed back toward the