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put your shirt back on,” she said when they came back inside.
    “I only have three shirts. It’s a warm day. I thought I’d go without one for now,” he said.
    Besides, he wanted to keep her flustered and off center. He had plans for later; he wanted to see if he could get her to reconsider her stand on pre-marital sex. If not sex, he was hoping to get headed in that direction. He was walking around semi-hard all the time. He didn’t know how much more he could take without some relief. It wasn’t as if any female would do either. No, he needed Marla. No one else would do.

Chapter Five

     
    They each took a quick shower to get rid of the soot and smoke smell from the fire. After checking on the animals, they headed into town. Now plenty of people knew about Karlo. She couldn’t exactly keep him a prisoner on her ranch. She wondered what she would tell him when no one seemed to recognize him.
    “Marla, I don’t want anyone to know about my lost memory. I can’t appear weak if your stalker finds out about me,” he said.
    “You’re not from around here, so no one knows you. Like you, I’d prefer we didn’t talk about our relationship. If someone wants me to lose the ranch, or convince me to leave, we don’t want them to know we’re getting married. That could set them off,” she said.
    “I mentioned our upcoming marriage to the sheriff. Was that wrong?” he asked.
    He understood her reasoning. She had explained the terms of her grandfather’s will. He would mention this to the sheriff; it’s possible the ranch was what the stalker was after.
    “Yes, no, I don’t know. It’s too late now to worry about it,” she said.
    “I’ll mention our theory to the sheriff just in case,” he said.
    “I don’t understand why anyone would want my ranch in particular. There’s nothing special about it. There’s even land for sale in the area people could buy without having to resort to these tactics. It’s got to be something else,” she said.
    “We’ll leave it to the police to discover,” said Karlo to placate her.
    He believed the sheriff was right, someone was stalking Marla and he wasn’t about to let anything happen to her.
    They stopped at a diner to eat their delayed lunch. Then Marla dropped Karlo off at the police station.
    While Karlo was in the police station looking at pictures, Marla decided to do a little shopping. Karlo’s remark about only having three shirts made her feel guilty. If he had any identification, it was inside the now invisible vehicle he’d arrived in. She was kind of surprised a bunch of men in black from some no name government agency hadn’t shown up yet to take Karlo and his weird machine.
    Still, she was planning to use him to save her ranch and he’d gotten hurt today defending it. He deserved some clothes and a few other things. She’d measured one of the pants and shirts he did have, so she knew his waist and inseam sizes. The least she could do was spring for some Levis. She didn’t need to buy him a hat because her grandfather’s Stetson had fit him fine. She still remembered how totally hot he’d looked wearing it too. Marla was looking forward to seeing him in jeans—he had a great ass.
    She had a moment’s qualm as she remembered how his bare chest had affected her. Of course, she did plan to marry him in a few days. She would have to work hard to keep her heart untouched. She kept telling herself he would be leaving when he got his memory back. Somehow, her heart didn’t seem to care.
    After leaving the clothing store, she headed to the grocery store. She needed to stock up since Karlo had a big appetite. She decided to grill a couple of steaks, and she could add a couple of potatoes and some corn and throw together a salad. She was standing over the meat section counter trying to decide between the rib eye and the T-bone, when she felt a presence next to her. Jake the Snake, just what she didn’t need.
    “Word around town is there was some