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don’t open up easily to strangers. Besides, I have no idea what kind of high-powered mess I’ll be stepping into, so I’m reluctant to get anyone else involved. I probably shouldn’t have spilled my guts to you.”
    “Everyone needs to talk to someone. Let me let you in on something, Mac.” Cade shifted his chair so he was facing Mac. “My wife is part of a little group of amazing women, who have each had their own crisis. The other women just reach out to them and refuse to let go. I don’t know where Georgie and I would be without them. So think about it. I don’t want to push you into a situation where you’re uncomfortable, but try not to close anything off either. Okay?”
    “Okay.” Mac nodded. He certainly wasn’t ready to say anything one way or the other.
    “I’m assuming if you’ve set up headquarters here, the asshole lives somewhere in Rowan County. Finding him, however, is going to be a problem, even though we don’t have a huge population. I want you to know that we have resources. I’m sure I speak for the others when I say we’d be happy to use them to help you. Keep that in mind.”
    “I will.” Although at the moment, Mac had no intention of doing that at all. This was his problem.
    “On another note,” Cade said, “I don’t know your exact plans for the property, but you do need to tear down the outbuildings, which are already a fire hazard. I think the house is salvageable, but you need a better inspection than mine. If you want a hand with a hammer and saw, just holler.”
    “Let me ask you a question.” Mac was determined to change the topic of conversation. “I met Nida Beloit for the first time today.”
    Cade grinned. “What do you want to know about Nida?” He gave Mac a hard look. “Business or personal?”
    “Business. I don’t know her well enough to get personal.”
    Although he’d been bothered by an itch ever since he’d left her, and getting personal was exactly what he wanted. And wasn’t that just the damndest thing? As angry and upset and grief-stricken as he was, his dick didn’t seem to get the message. Or his brain, which kept sending him images of the woman in her trim slacks that caressed her curves and the outline of her breasts beneath her blouse. He could still see her green cat’s eyes with their flecks of gold, her thick black hair that he wanted to pull loose from its clip and run his fingers through. Her mouth that just begged to be kissed. He wondered what her body looked like under those clothes and how it would feel to plunge himself inside her. Feel her hot, wet pussy clench around him.
    Fuck, McDaniel. What kind of asshole has sexual fantasies in a situation like this?
    “Mac? Did you hear what I just said?”
    Mac suddenly realized the other man was talking to him and gave himself a mental shake.
    “Sorry, my brain seems to keep taking vacations these days.”
    Cade grinned, as if he knew damn well what Mac’s brain was doing. “I said, she’s a very sharp lady. She helped Cyn Orosco with the purchase of her store and Georgie with the deal on this B&B. She’s about the only game in town, mostly because people trust her and they make it known they don’t want anyone coming in and cutting into her business. She’s got three salesmen working for her and they all know this area like the back of their hands.” He studied Mac. “A word of warning. The women in this group love her and wouldn’t take kindly to anyone who gave her grief.”
    Mac’s eyebrows flew up. “You think that’s what I might do?”
    Cade shrugged. “You’re in a bad place right now. Nida’s the kind of woman who could make you feel a whole lot better without asking anything for herself. But she’s had a string of assholes walk in and out of her life, so her friends are very protective of her.”
    “Jesus, man.” Mac raked his fingers through his hair. “I’m just buying a piece of property here. Tell the female warriors they’ve got nothing to