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“Girl, I want you to come right away.”
“Are you sure it’ll be okay?”
“I think so. I should ask Amelia, though, to make sure.”
“Will you go and ask her now? I’ll wait.”
“Sure.”
With Olivia still on the line, I went to the kitchen to find Amelia. That was where she normally seemed to be. She seemed to spend her days cooking up delicious delights for her family. She absolutely loved cooking and she was really good at it as well, so her family was doubly lucky.
Sure enough, there she was.
“Hi, Amelia. Hi, Ranger.”
“Hey, Lucy.” Amelia beamed at me. “How was riding?”
“Oh, it was absolutely great. Thank you. Austin showed me the log cabin and wow, it’s just amazing.”
“Yeah. He wants to live there. Did you know that he and his father built it themselves?” Amelia looked over at Ranger, pride in her expression.
“No way. Really?”
“Yeah,” Ranger said gruffly. “Austin’s the handy one around here. He did most of the work.”
“Wow. I didn’t realize he was so handy.”
“Austin is not the sort of guy he appears to be on the surface,” Amelia said. “So how can I help you, dear?”
“Oh, my best friend Olivia is on the phone.” I held the phone in my hand up. “And she got a couple of days off work, and she was wondering if perhaps she could come and visit the ranch? I’ve been telling her about how amazing it is. I mean, if it will be too crowded here, then definitely it’s okay if she—”
“Oh, of course. I would love for your friend to come,” Amelia beamed. “That would be absolutely lovely. When can she fly in? We can pick her up at the airport.”
“Oh, you don’t have to go out of your way.”
“Like I said to you before, my darling Lucy, it won’t be out of the way. Ranger and I can drive you to the airport to pick up your friend. Just give us the flight information and I’ll make sure we’re there on time.”
“Thank you. That’s awesome.”
“So you and Austin had a fun time at the cabin?”
“Yeah, it was great. An absolutely beautiful day.”
“Didn’t you go on a picnic with Beau?” Ranger looked confused. “I thought you spent the day with Beau?”
“Oh, yes,” I said quickly. “I did get to hang out with Beau as well, and the picnic was really good. Thank you so much for the food, Amelia.”
“No worries, dear,” Amelia smiled. “Was there anything else?”
“Oh yeah. Beau said that there was a ring that your grandma or his grandma had, and that I should ask to see it or something. I don’t know.” I shrugged, feeling uncomfortable and not really knowing why I brought it up.
Well, I knew why I brought it up. I brought it up because I’d sounded so much more enthusiastic about hanging out with Austin than I had about hanging out with Beau, and I didn’t want his parents to get suspicious.
“Oh yes. The old ruby ring,” Amelia smiled. “Beau told you about it?”
“Yeah. He said I should just have a look. Not that he’s going to give it to me or anything,” I said quickly.
“Oh, sure. Hold on, dear. Let me go and get it. Do you want to tell your friend that you’ll call her back?”
