Chapter 15

Once they finished the holes and bringing all three trees inside the gate, Mason and Noah ran out to the truck to fetch the fertilizer and plant food Mike had given them. Mason dumped it into the holes. Then it was time to move the trees the rest of the way.

Up until this point, because of the drive and walkway, they had been trouble-free moving the trees. But now, they’d encounter uneven ground and grass—rendering the dolly useless.

Both men got up close to the trunk of the first tree.

About to put their arms around the base, Mason stopped. “Give me a second.” He pulled his shirt from the fence and put it back on so his body wouldn’t end up scratched from the tree’s bark.