Chapter 16

He caught Casa’s quizzical look as he turned to follow Lou from the barn. If he knew his buddy; they were thinking along parallel lines. First Jared Langford came for a stay, took up with Stace, bought property and moved to New Mexico from California. Was Lou going to relocate from Chicago to this region as well? Did his plans have anything to do with Spark and, if they did, how was that going to effect Rainbow Ranch and the friendship among the three of them?

Spark had to admit to himself he didn’t know. In a lot of ways, he did not want to go there, not yet anyway. He’d sooner deal with another puma on his back than drive a new wedge into the decade-plus friendship the three of them shared. And what could happen to Jason and his enterprise?