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please. I have to do this myself.”
    He looked reluctant but nodded and sat down. “I’ll just look into the statistics part of the ranch management module.”
    She nodded but kept going.

Chapter Four
     
    Efrem watched her stride from the office with her head held high. He sighed in frustration. All he wanted to do was kiss the daylights out of her, not send her on some life-altering mission. And it is that serious.
    Men like Dan made him ashamed to be a man.
    He’d expected Lisa to want to deal with this on her own. But it was what he expected of Dan that made him follow her. If the man could whip a horse without remorse, who knew what he was capable of when confronted by an angry, hurt woman.
    Staying out of sight, he followed her at a distance through the first barn, then the second, then she headed for a small building several hundred yards away. He was looking for a way to tail her without being seen when a voice stopped him.
    “What are you doing?”
    Efrem looked at the big, blond man and thought it was the new ranch hand who peered at him warily. Efrem had caught a glimpse of his face before Dan closed the door behind them.
    “Jerry Price, right?”
    The other man looked startled. “Yeah. And you are…?”
    “Efrem. I’m doing some computer work for the ranch. Listen, I may need some help in a minute.” Efrem was getting anxious with Lisa out of sight but he wasn’t sure he should take on Dan alone, especially if there was backup around.
    “Yeah, well, I don’t exactly work here.”
    “But I thought…”
    “Me, too. But I don’t like the way they do things around here.”
    Efrem breathed a sigh of relief. A like-minded ally was the answer to a prayer. He quickly explained the situation, much to Jerry Price’s satisfaction, and the two of them crept up on the outbuilding where Lisa was alone with Dan. Efrem gestured Jerry to one side of the single window and took up a position on the other.
    They heard them before they saw anything. Lisa’s voice was just a soft murmur, but Dan was loud enough to be heard back at the house.
    “What you don’t know don’t hurt you!”
    Lisa said something in response.
    “You have to put a little hurt on a horse to let him know who’s boss!”
    Lisa replied.
    “Hah! Not for long. I’m gonna be the manager as soon as my nephew gets back!”
    Lisa hesitated then said something.
    “Yeah, my nephew. I figured Trey could diddle around with you and get the goods on ya. He’s meeting with the owner right now, Hightower, telling him how soft you are, too soft to run a successful horse ranch!”
    Inexplicably, Lisa started to laugh. Efrem and Jerry traded confused looks. Efrem could imagine the look on Dan’s face.
    “What’s so funny?” bellowed Dan.
    Lisa kept laughing. Efrem figured he’d better get in there before Dan blew his cork at being laughed at. Efrem and Jerry stepped through the door as Dan stepped toward Lisa with a hand outstretched.
    “Hold it!” Efrem shouted. He stepped in front of Lisa and faced Dan, who was red with fury. Dan clenched and unclenched his fists. Efrem was very glad that Jerry Price was along for the ride because it promised to be a wild one.
    Lisa finally got hold of herself but still sputtered and gasped for air. Efrem was glad she was having so much fun but wished she’d let him in on the joke. He didn’t care for her patting him on the arm, and was tempted to pat her on the ass but was afraid she’d start laughing again. She stepped up beside him, not in front of him. Maybe she wouldn’t break anything over his head for following her. Maybe she’d bust a gut laughing.
    He glanced at her. “You okay?”
    She smiled at him. “I’m fine.” She looked back at Dan with amusement. “I’m sorry I laughed, Dan. But you’re fired.”
    Dan stood his ground. “We’ll see about that. I’ll just call my nephew and see what he has to say.”
    “You do that. Because not only did I know Trey was your nephew, he told me