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a devil’s food. Tamara’s favorite.”
    “I remember.” Tamara had liked chocolate anything as a kid. He didn’t think she had left behind the addiction. Maybe she’d upgraded the form of her supply but Jax figured Maria’s cake could compete with any highfalutin’ Yankee confection Tamara might have tried in the ensuing years since her departure.
    He polished off his sandwich and got up to put his saucer and glass in the dishwasher.
    “Got some other things for you to get though.”
    Jax paused as his father pulled a sheet of paper out of his pocket and handed it over to him. He took it and glanced through the list of items. At least the old man wasn’t going overboard, just the basics—a Welcome Home banner, balloons and streamers. He looked up from the paper to ask, “Is this just going to be a private affair? You know, you, me, Jess…Bailey?”
    “Don’t you worry none about who’s comin’. Just get the stuff we need and help me set up when you get back.”
    “You sure like cutting things close, ol’ man.” It would be a miracle if he got into town and got back with everything before Jess made it back with Tamara. But he figured his pop held things close to his vest to keep Bailey out of the loop as long as possible.
    “Don’t you worry none. Things’ll work out. Guarantee it.”
    Jax smiled and left, each step out of the house to his truck making is heart fill and pump with anticipation and unaccustomed desire.
    When Jess initially informed him of Tamara’s impending arrival, Jax had toyed with the idea of offering to go with his brother to pick her up, but decided against being the designated third wheel. Despite his brother’s grudging affection and ambivalence about her return, Jax Ebook piracy is stealing. It is a federal offense.
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    knew how possessive Jess could be over Tamara. Having her in a one mile radius with someone else other than him sniffing after her would only turn up his brother’s aggression and overprotective instincts.
    He wondered how Jess would take sharing her company with Jax, much less the rest of the ranch. Or did his brother really expect to keep her to himself during her stay?
    To be sure, Jeremiah would have some say about that. The ol’
    man already chomped at the bit, ready to lavish all the attention on Tamara that a long lost daughter deserved.
    Bailey proved another story, but Jax couldn’t really see him totally ignoring his only child during her stay. And even if he did try some nonsense like that, Jeremiah would be on his hide, kicking up a row about his responsibility to the girl before anyone could blink an eye. Aside from having a special affinity for Tamara, Jeremiah valued family ties, and Jax knew the behavior of his best friend of over thirty years disappointed his pop.
    The two men had a lot in common despite the seven years separating them, the least of which being their history as single fathers raising their young children alone. Their love of the land and hard work ran a close second, a love they tried to instill in their children from the cradle. Arguably, this love took a little more with Jess than it had with Jax and Tamara.
    Speaking for himself, he did love the land, but didn’t have the same passion for ranching as his brother and father though he proved a natural at certain aspects of the occupation, specifically the physical aspects. He didn’t feel right unless engaged in some activity where he worked up a sweat.
    His own disillusionment made him wonder exactly how Tamara could be happy as a lawyer in New York. Had she really found what she’d been craving after all those years she’d been passing time on the ranch with them? Or was she just as restless in her position as Jax was in his?
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    The idea that he could have anything in common