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2024-01-13 15:30:07Matthew waited patiently as he flipped through TV channels. They had come back to the hotel room to change for the semi-formal dinner and dance and Kara had offered that he shower first, since she would be long in the bathroom.
He had finished dressing and was waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. With a sigh, he flipped through all the channels a second time and, finding nothing to watch, he switched off the TV and reached for the magazine he had moved to the table earlier so he could sit down. He’d never believed the married men about women taking forever to get ready, but he was starting to believe it now.
He had just started to sit back in the chair, when he heard the bathroom door open and he glanced round to see Kara. He had expected her to wear the black dress he had bought for her for his brother’s wedding.
Instead she was wearing a pale green lace and satin dress, which bared both her shoulders. Sleeves hung from
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Kara felt uneasy all the way back to their ranches. Maybe she just was not ready to let go of the weekend. Or maybe she was afraid that she would not see him for a long time after he dropped her off. After all, they both had ranches to run and it wasn’t a regular nine to five job. She was ready to confess her feelings for him, but then she was not. They talked casually about the seminar and what they had seen to improve their ranches. They talked about the disappearing photographer and made teasing speculations about where he could have disappeared to. The ride back to their ranches seemed too short and Kara offered him some coffee before he left, but he seemed eager to get back to his ranch, he just brought her bag into the house, kissed her forehead and hugged her gently. “Don’t be a stranger.” She stated and he grinned before he left. Kara leaned against the doorframe and watched him disappear and stared in that directio
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She did not see Matthew running towards her with a worried frown, trying to catch up. She found no horses in the stables and even the pigs were saved. All the animals were safe, but the feed had not been moved, since the tractor was still trying to put out the fire.Realizing that she was about to lose everything she had built and all the memories her grandfather had left her, she fell to her knees and sobbed. She was losing everything. Her house would soon be gone, so would the stables and pigsties, even the mill would be lost.How would she feed her animals? What was she going to do? Suddenly someone dragged her to her feet and pulled her away from the buildings, running towards the river. Men were screaming at others to get clear of the inevitable.They stopped only when they were sure they were out of danger and Kara turned to see her house and stables set on fire. The water had not been enough to save her home
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