Dancing in the Moonlight - Harlequin.com

RAEANNE THAYNE
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You’re the one who brought in the Murray Grey’s, who
watched the market enough to know when the time
would be right for their marbled beef. We all know that.
Mama’s just being stubborn.”
“She is good at that, no?” Though his words were
hard, Maggie thought she saw something odd flicker in
his eyes at the mention of her mother.
“I’d say the two of you are about even in that department.
Isn’t there anything I can say to change your mind?”
“Not on this,” he said firmly. “I am not welcome at
the Luna now even if I wanted to return, and that is as
it should be.”
“Tío!”
“No, Lena. I have taken a new job now.”
“So I hear. I can’t believe it, though. You said you’d
never work for one of the Hollywood invaders who are
taking over all the good ranch land.”
“Things change. Mr. Hartford at least wants to raise
cattle and not bison.”
She opened her mouth to argue again, but he held up
a hand. “Enough, Lena. Your mother has made her
choice. And I have made mine.”
Choice about what? she wondered, but before she
could ask, her uncle quickly changed the subject, asking
about her time in Afghanistan before her injury, how her
leg was doing, what her plans were now that she’d
returned to Pine Gulch.
Though she tried several times to draw the conversation
back to the Luna and her mother, each time Guillermo
neatly sidestepped her question until she finally
threw up her hands.