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finally sleeping.
“Are these all your children?” I asked.
Martha’s voice cracked. “Yes.”
I stood up, my jaw tight, looking at the vast, empty ranch that had been my silent prison for a decade since my wife passed.
“Good,” I said, dusting off my jeans. “I’ll take every one.”
Martha blinked, confused. “Take us where?”
“Here. You stay. Work the ranch if you continue reading …
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