Plans. Everyone has them. Rush Dalton and Tad Jackson plan to live happily ever after. January Stephens plans to ease the hurt of a declined marriage proposal with alcohol. Josh Cooper's plan is to conceal his feelings for Mopp. And Mopp? He simply plans to hold tight to Josh's friendship.<br><br>Meanwhile, Eric Jameson arrives from DC with plans of his own. He intends to elicit information from Jan in an effort to find Babe, the woman who’s taken refuge with her son at the big house called the ranch. Babe plans to stay away from anyone who might try to take her little boy away from her and return him to the mysterious Dr. Pandora Gautier.<br><br>Deuce Pettigrew’s only plan is to keep the man he treasures safe and in one piece.  But the thing about plans is -- sometimes they just don’t work out the way you expect them to

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For a brief moment, Deuce wondered why Dr. Gautier wanted him. Then he shrugged. Not his business.


IT WAS ABOUT three quarters of an hour later when the quartet come out of the store, Jackson pushing the cart piled high with lumber. The kid sat on top of the wood, kicking his legs as if he was riding a horse, his head turned as he chatted with the big man.


Deuce was sorry the kid was going to be traumatized, but those were the breaks.


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