When the rancher who owned the boathouse next to theirs said hello, Aunt Cord smiled pleasantly at him and wished him goodeven before turning back to Susan. ”She looked at him, frowning, and then the sly smile slowly resurfaced. “Oh, land, I forgot to ask you about that,” Roland said, knocking the heel of his hand against his forehead. “There’s plenty of work for all of us, Sheriff—after all, it’s Reaping.
” The word came out of her in a little trembling rush. Jonas’s forces had poured around Red Hillock like water, and Dave’s hopes had been swept away in the flood. And now here she was, in her bed and still awake as the stars paled away and the first brighter shades began to color the sky. Then he straightened up and held it out to his friends.
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