Chapter 7

“You be careful, you hear? Don’t let Mama see this,” Sable said as she pushed the envelope in his hand, and then went to join her mother for lunch.

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Still looking at the picture, Saul’s gaze traced along the big man’s features, one look showing him just how different this tall Texan was from Boston men. They seemed small in comparison, but hell, any man would seem small in comparison. Saul admired his seductive gaze and wondered if the stranger lookedas good in person as in the picture. Just then, he heard his mother’s voice calling him, and he quickly shoved the picture in his pocket, then hurried to the dining room.

He tried to look uninterested as the two women talked.

“You have to promise me something, Mother,” Sable said. “Promise me that this will be the end of it. Have you thought about what this cowboy might do if he finds out about this? I mean, what if he—”