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Chapter Thirteen
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2024-10-29 19:42:56By the end of the meeting things had been completed as she had hoped, and everyone knew what they had to get done. Her Aunt Lillian would be handling ordering fifteen passenger vans for the Center and two trucks, as well as a minivan for Meredith’s personal use. She herself would call the trailer dealership and have two trailers built to specification.
The crews were already working on the dorms now, building them. The old barn had been razed and they had built a new more modern one with cement flooring that had drains for cleaning them. Everything would be state of the art.
When she arrived home, she saw that Brady was just returning. She, walked out to the barn as he was unloading the stallion. Cody’s breath left his body all at once as he breathed out “God, he’s beautiful. Don
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The work was never done; Maria joined in on the cleaning frenzy and surprisingly so did a couple the hands that Cody could spare, even Grant and Trace got in on the action. While the girls were sweeping and mopping the floors in the two bedrooms, she noted the outdated appliances in the kitchen and had the men carry them out. She’d caught Deanna as she was leaving the little house and asked if she could help on another emergency. Deanna could assemble a crew faster than anyone she knew. She sent two of her men to Home Depot, to get a new washer and dryer, fridge, stove and dishwasher. She said she’d work with the brother and sister for their taste on the rest of the rooms just as Harold her grandfather’s friend who owned the furniture outlet arrived with the things, she’d asked him for. Deanna herself showed the men where to place everything. Angel was beyond tired, is this what taking time off did to a person you did everything you didn’t have time for on yo
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Back at the house Angel walked through her closet trying to decide what to wear. She was going to go with what she would have worn to a club back in Cali. True she had some nice club dresses in her wardrobe now, but they weren’t conducive for dancing. She pulled on some cargo pants that were black and fit her body perfectly; they rode low on her hips. She then pulled on a shirt she had bought that had slits in the shoulders and was cut in various places strategically over her black tank top, she put on her shoes and pulled her hair up into a ponytail her curls prominently on display. While her outfit look could be considered not what the upper crust were looking for, they were all high-end brand clothing, that she’d thrown together to complete the look. Her whole midriff was visible and showed off her perfect abs to perfection. She put in her earrings and added a choker necklace and her cuff bracelets, she stuck her credit card and ID into her back pocket though she seriously doubte
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It took two days, two grueling days before they finally got to where her brothers were in Georgia. The first day had been spent wrapping up business for them all. Damon’s cousin had been postponed until Angel was back in town and Cody told her he could handle everything here at the ranch, Kyle and Ellen were handling things at the center. She had stayed in the observation room while her grandparents and uncles were introduced to the boys. Hunter stood beside her, trying to find any quality that his daughter shared with these two boys. They were belligerent and unruly; they made snide comments that you could tell hurt Marigold a lot. Angel nodded at Hunter and walked past him into the room. She looked at her grandparents and said, “That’s enough, take the counselor with you, and give me a minute with them.” When the door was closed Jackson glared at her, he was the more dominant twin and said, “What are we supposed to be scared of you lady.” Angel replied honestly “I
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That said she walked back into the observation room. She turned to her grandparents and saw her grandmother had tears streaming down her face she simply said, “They are ready for you now.” When they walked out the room, she pulled on her jacket and stood leaning against the window watching closely. The Counselor looked at Angel in awe and said “You knew just how to get to those boys. I can’t imagine the things you’ve been through, but you’re truly not damaged by it, you’ve grown from it.” Angel almost smiled at that assumption she was fooling the world then if they believed she wasn’t scarred by it all. She had her scars she just kept them hidden. Honestly, she didn’t know if she could reach out for a relationship with a man ever. Not because of the past so much as it was giving that level of trust. How did you give up that control and allow that much loss of control in? She just knew she was nowhere near ready for that right now. She knew her looks drew attention to
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When they arrived at the house the men unloaded the boys’ things. Deanna met her at the front door and said “Girl, you’re going to owe me a mint for all these last, minute jobs.” The boys followed her upstairs and she showed them each their rooms. Deanna had worked her butt off to get the rooms done in time, each room had its own bathroom. They had a queen size bed, a desk, chairs, dressers, and a huge walk-in closet. Kathryn and Maria were waiting and began to help put everything away. Deanna had apparently been busy since Angel had been gone, she had taken pictures of the thoroughbreds here on the ranch and then she’d framed them they were some amazing pictures. They hung on each one of their walls. Angel watched going from room to room as each boy was settled in and their things unpacked and put away. The TV stands that Harold had brought each boy were a work of art and Brandon helped the boys, setup their internet connections and TV’s. She said evenly so both boys could he
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They genuinely wanted to do things the way she said. She walked with them down to the barn she knew she needed to take time to get to know them on a personal level. She couldn’t just support them financially and call it a day. They would need her emotional support as well. She needed to take time to be with them. She decided they’d do their riding lessons together, hers were to begin today after she saw Damon’s cousin do practice runs. She and Cody had decided they’d let her run Heartbreaker, simply because he was retired didn’t mean he couldn’t get enough speed up for them to judge her riding ability. She had sent the twins off to the barn’s office to prepare for their days work when she saw her grandfather’s car pull up. She wondered what Jamison was doing here. When he climbed from the car, she noted her other grandfather got from the car as well. They had a serious expression on their faces. She asked, “What brought about this visit?” Her grandpa Jamison said “I just hea
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Angel made her way back down to the track where she found Jada, Cody and Carlos working out some of their horses. When Cody saw her coming, he walked over and said “I think we have a decent shot at some races this season. Our stock is some of the best horses. Speaking of we got an interesting call earlier, seems Damon’s grandfather has heard about our stock, and that we hired Jada he wants to come tour the stables. Of course, he wants to discuss Gambler and Heartbreaker’s stud service while here.” She nodded at Cody and said, “You’re going to be ready to pull your hair out when I tell you what I found out a few minutes ago.” At his arched brow she filled him in on the Kingsley Ranch and the horses that were in the stables there belonging to them. She told him point blank “I’ll be heading over there with Grant and his men shortly and I would like you and Jada to accompany me, bring the men and trailers.” We are going to inspect the horses. I have called the vet he is going to
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It was after her last class that Grant called, he told her he had located Jay Tannen and she would not believe where. It turned out the Jay Tannen she had known in California had been living in Houston for the last two years attending the same University she was. If she had ever needed any proof fate had sent her here, this was it. Grant told her that he had a class not far from where she currently was right now and if she waited around, she might see him. Angel sat on top of one of the picnic tables and waited, her brothers and their guards looked concerned, but they sat silently as she waited and watched. She smirked the minute she recognized him; he had changed some but not a lot he still looked like the Jay she knew. When he, would have walked right past, she said loud enough he could hear “I’d have never believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, Jay Tannen, in Houston.” She was not sure if it was her voice or the use of his name that drew his attention. Hi
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Angel was sure in that moment her brothers knew why she’d wanted them to know how to tell when they were being lied too. Amanda invited them to come meet her friends, the people from her dorm. They quickly discarded the remnants of their lunch and followed Amanda to an area out on the green where about ten people sat, it was a mixture of males and females. When they arrived, everyone looked at Amanda oddly and she said “This is friends of my family, my sister actually works for Angel. This is her two brothers Jackson and Kaleb.” One of the younger girls pointed at Angel and said, “Wait I know you...” at Angel’s curious look she pointed to her Magazine which was on photography and said, “Your picture is in here.” Angel looked at Kaleb and asked, “Was it published already?” Kaleb shrugged and said “I sent the verification for it by email then we went to Paris. Which reminds me I need to send Jacques a bigger sample of my portfolio.” The girl was staring at Kaleb wide e
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It was after dinner that the twins suggested going for a swim. When Angel mentioned they didn’t have suits Hunter told her that he’d stocked the pool house with suits to fit her and her brothers. When Angel exited the pool house ten minutes after all the men had changed three of the men stopped and stared in fascination. Garrett had seen her before in a bikini but lord she was a work of art. Hunter noticed their preoccupation and cleared his throat loudly before all three of them visibly shook themselves back to reality. They all watched as she went to the diving board and performed a flawless dive into the water. It was at this point Kaleb said “Oh, Angel, I forgot to tell you I entered some of my photos into a contest. They want to publish one of them.” Angel congratulated him and then the other shoe dropped as Kaleb said, “It’s the picture of you in the surf in the Maldives.” Angel wasn’t thrilled about her photo being published but this was her brother, she w
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Hank turned to Zachary and said, “Zach have you ever heard of anything like that before?” he shook his head and said “I’ve never known anyone to hunt someone down just to give them a chance at their dream. I’ve never met anyone like Angel McDaniel’s.” His secretary behind him said “There isn’t many women like that in the world I guarantee you. Most would be spending all that money she has on tropical vacations and luxury items. I heard tell that she gave Dean Sterling money to get his ranch going again. And she put those horrible Kingsley’s out of business. If the tabloids can be believed she’s done a lot to help a lot of people. It said she took in her two brothers who are identical twins that she’d never known existed. She’s their guardian now, and their fifteen, imagine that. Nineteen years old and already raising two half grown boys, plus running a successful horse ranch, top that off with that center
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While they had been away, she’d taught her brothers to surf it had been a blast for all three of them. She left Kaleb editing more pictures and went to check on Jackson’s progress. He and Dirk were immersed in the design program that would give them a rough draft of what the car would look like finished. She was still keyed up after all of that and decided she would go for a swim. This way she could get a bit of tension out. She wasn’t sure what time she went in, but it was nearly ten when she came out. She had swam at least three miles doing laps. It had worked too, now she felt she could go get a shower and get some much needed, rest without her brain keeping her awake. After her morning exercise and breakfast with everyone she headed out to the barn, she needed to check up on how everything was going. Cody had two mares here the day before to be covered by Heartbreaker and she needed to see how it had gone. According to him it had gone off without a hitch. N
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They had just wrapped up their meeting when Melanie came in, she would have been meeting the auctioneer workers at eight that morning. She said they had promptly taken all the antiques loaded them into their trucks and been gone within forty-five minutes. She had been very, surprised by their speed. She caught Angel up on all ranch news. She told her that they had received some irate calls from a couple people because of them not being chosen to allow their mares to be covered by Heartbreaker or Gambler. She sighed heavily and said, “Send them our apologies and tell them to try again next year.” She then filled Melanie in on what was going on with Seth Newton. Melanie said she would see what she could dig up on Seth and Elizabeth. Both meetings concluded she went to hunt down both of her Aunts for the files on the Kingsley’s and her mother’s business interest. She went to Ellen first, to her surprise Ellen was more than happy to hand it over, and she said she wanted to
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She decided she had better check on Melanie, she’d left the girl trying to arrange an auction for the antiques at the old Kingsley Farm. When she entered the house, she found Melanie in her office pacing back and forth while speaking on the phone. She liked her take no prisoner’s approach to getting what her boss wanted. When Melanie hung up she said, “The Vanderbilt Auction Hall will host the auction, they tried to say they had no available dates for the near future but with a little persuasion they agreed to host it in two weeks’ time. They will send someone out to Kingsley Farm to gather and collect every antique and catalogue them for the auction. But they need you to make sure all personal items are removed from the antiques.” Angel nodded and said, “I’ll see to it immediately, when will they be arriving?” Melanie replied, “I’m to meet them tomorrow morning at eight.” Angel nodded and replied, “Good work Melanie, I appreciate it, thank you.” She went out by her pool to
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Hannah had handled getting them passports and they would be leaving on the McDaniel’s private jet at five AM which meant getting up even earlier than she usually would have. So that meant an early night for her and her brothers. After she packed her things for the trip, she climbed into her bed exhausted it had been a long eventful day. When she woke up the next morning she showered and dressed quickly. She wouldn’t have time to get in a workout today. She got her bags and brought them all down to the Foyer; her brother’s bags were already waiting there. Grant drove them all to the airport; he wasn’t coming with them because her father wanted them to be as low key about who they were as possible because Angel needed the time away. She supposed she was going to have to get used to flying now, but to her it was still an odd concept. The flight took a long time, which allowed for them to nap on the jet ride. They had to stop to refuel so they had two layovers which allo
