Chapter 51 The night started when he came to get her, and he looked at her head to toe and then grinned in a way that made her heart soar. He put out his arm and then led her to their SUV, and then he started driving.“Where are we going?” she asked as she looked at him. He was also dressed differently.“Sophia, I wanted to go somewhere where we could talk. Really talk first, and then I have a few things to show you.” He said, and she could feel her heart begin to drop. She knew what this talk was. She was trying to brace herself for the worst, but then he stopped, and they were by a field. The field had dots on the horizon that were familiar to her. They were nothing but cows that had been put out to graze for the fall. She smiled at the sight.“So you wanted to talk?” she asked as she tried to harden her voice a bit so he wouldn’t realize that he was breaking her heart b

  Chapter 53 The two women walked through the first barn. Sophia saw that all the animals were in good condition. She was afraid they would be in less than taken care of when she heard they were going to auction. “To be honest, I just don’t have the time to deal with getting groups ready for sale. He helps, but honestly, his mind isn’t what it is used to be.” The older woman said. “When the vet first thought we would have some out-of-season babies, I laughed because he didn’t tell me anything. However, one of the stable hands then let me in on his ability to forget what he was doing, and then he could leave a gate open or something like that. After the first time, which is the result you will be looking at soon enough, the hands here all keep a close eye on him for me while I am handling something else.”“I am sorry,” Sophia said.“it is time for us to retire.&rdq

  Chapter 55“Come with us, please.” The captain said as he motioned for the couple to follow him. “Understand before we go into the room this is a very small department. We have a traveling detective that covers the entire county.”“Okay,” Micha replied as he looked at the men there. He had his hand at Sophia’s back and kept it there. He knew how small areas worked. They only had the sheriff's office that was twenty or so miles away from the ranch. Though this area was more populated than his, it was easy to see they would be shorthanded. Most farmers that were in the area had been there for generations. These people all grew up on the land as well. Sophia looked around the hallways, and then they walked into a small room. There were news articles on the walls taped up. She saw the date on some of them. They were a few decades old. She was confused. She looked at the men standing

  Chapter 57 “I know I ain’t my pa,” he said. “That man would have seen this miles away.”“And how would he have?” Sophia asked with a laugh. “Micha, you didn’t do anything wrong. You were trying to do something good.”“And I messed it up.” He said with a sigh. “Cowgirl, look, I don’t want to continue this way of you holding me at bay. I ain’t one of the bulls on the farm. I want to be your husband.”“I know that,” Sophia said. “I really want to trust everything you said, Micha. I want this to work out. Call it all the extra hormones raging in me. Call it whatever. Ki doesn’t know anymore. I just get a little jealous knowing that you are around women that could be supermodels, and here I am looking like a heifer getting ready to pop.”“You are not a heifer by any stretch of the i

  Chapter 59   “I am not changing anything because of you in the way you think I am,” Micha said. “Honestly, when the idea came to me, you were just a part of it. I love you, Sophia, and I will do what I have to to make sure that you know that, but this will be better for me, the company, and us.” “I know you mean well, but I can’t help but think this means a lot more work for both of us,” Sophia said with a laugh. “However, as your wife, I will support you, and if you think that you can do more this way, I have to believe that you can.” “That’s my good girl.” He said as he patted his lap and wanted her there on it. Though they were changing so many things in their lives, one thing was always there. When they were touching, they sparked to life. He knew this, and he needed his wife to right there with him. He ran his fingers through her hair. As he pulled her close to him and kissed her. He could feel the sparks soon, and he knew she