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  1. BOOKS BY LOUISE BAY
  2. ONE
  3. Rosey
  4. TWO
  5. Byron
  6. THREE
  7. Rosey
  8. FOUR
  9. Byron
  10. FIVE
  11. Rosey
  12. SIX
  13. Byron
  14. SEVEN
  15. Rosey
  16. EIGHT
  17. Rosey
  18. NINE
  19. Byron
  20. TEN
  21. Rosey
  22. ELEVEN
  23. Byron
  24. TWELVE
  25. Rosey
  26. THIRTEEN
  27. Byron
  28. FOURTEEN
  29. Rosey
  30. FIFTEEN
  31. Rosey
  32. SIXTEEN
  33. Byron
  34. SEVENTEEN
  35. Rosey
  36. EIGHTEEN
  37. Byron
  38. NINETEEN
  39. Rosey
  40. TWENTY
  41. Rosey
  42. TWENTY-ONE
  43. Byron
  44. TWENTY-TWO
  45. Byron
  46. TWENTY-THREE
  47. Rosey
  48. TWENTY-FOUR
  49. Rosey
  50. TWENTY-FIVE
  51. Byron
  52. TWENTY-SIX
  53. Rosey
  54. TWENTY-SEVEN
  55. Byron
  56. TWENTY-EIGHT
  57. Rosey
  58. TWENTY-NINE
  59. Byron
  60. THIRTY
  61. Rosey
  62. THIRTY-ONE
  63. Rosey
  64. THIRTY-TWO
  65. Byron
  66. THIRTY-THREE
  67. Rosey
  68. THIRTY-FOUR
  69. Rosey
  70. THIRTY-FIVE
  71. Byron
  72. THIRTY-SIX
  73. Rosey
  74. THIRTY-SEVEN
  75. Byron
  76. THIRTY-EIGHT
  77. Byron
  78. EPILOGUE
  79. A month later – New York City
  80. 14 months later - Star Falls
  81. MR. MAYFAIR
  82. Beck
  83. Beck
  84. Stella
  85. BOOKS BY LOUISE BAY

Jack chuckles. “You never know, we might come out and visit sometime. What’s there to do out there? Lasso some cows? Catch some fish?” Jack was born and raised in New York City. He’s more likely to go to St. Tropez than Colorado. There’s no way I’ll be able to get him to come out and visit. He doesn’t even go to Aspen—he prefers Chamonix. But I love him anyway.

“When this place is finished, I’ll figure out a way to get you all here. Fair warning, if you try and lasso cows, you’re going to get arrested, Jack. And just so you manage your expectations, there’s not a spare room in the entire town at the moment.”

“It will be worth the wait,” Worth says. “We’re proud of you.”

“I’m not proud of you,” Jack says. “I think you need to get your ass back to the city and stop fucking around.”

“Well, this has been fun,” I say. “But I have my ass to save right here in Colorado. Speak to you soon, guys. Send my love to Sophia, Worth.”

I hang up the call, but I can’t wipe the grin from my face. No, I can’t go to Worth’s tonight and ask my friends about the right move after a night like the one Rosey and I shared. Still, it’s good to know they’re on the end of the phone if I need them. It’s good to know they’re there.

I’ll have to figure the Rosey stuff out on my own. Or maybe—and this is a big maybe—I’ll get to do it with Rosey.

NINETEEN

Rosey

I stay on the bus until the stop in town after my shift. The first place I’m going to check for Athena is the vet’s office to see if she’s been handed in. Then I’ll go check at home, do laundry, and figure out what to do about the ceiling in the cabin. Byron said he’d call Mike and Beth, but he’s got bigger things to worry about. The truth is, I want to make sure I have a place to stay tonight without having to rely on Byron. He shouldn’t feel any obligation to put a roof over my head, despite the way things have… shifted since last night. I want to be able to stand on my own two feet. I don’t want to have other people solve my problems. I want to figure this out for myself.

As I arrive at the vet, Donna is just putting up the Closed sign. She opens the door for me anyway.

“Hey, how was the storm for you?” she asks.

“Okay. A leaky roof. You?”

“A few things in the yard got tossed around. I’ve seen worse.”