down.”
“My brother,” Rock said, the statement confirming his resentment toward Stone. “That’s so like Stone.”
Tara nodded. “I had no idea I was dealing with Stone, not even at the wedding. He never indicated it, but he recognized who I was as soon as I told him my name.” Lowering her gaze, she added, “Of course, he didn’t bother telling me who he was, until the meeting the day after the wedding.” In his defense, and against her better judgment, she said, “He didn’t want to disrupt the wedding.”
Rock snorted, rolled a hand down his face. “He didn’t want to make a scene? I doubt that. More like he didn’t want us to find out what he was up to.”
“Now, Rock—” Eloise began, only to have her son hold up a hand.
“I know, Mother, I know. Stone has the best of intentions.”
Tara shot her husband a warning look, then placed her bread into a baking pan. “So…Stone and you are trying to reach some sort of agreement about the land, Tara?”
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