The Rancher Next Door
"I take it you've heard the rumors," Luke Carrigan said as he ushered Trevor McCabe into the study of his Laramie, Texas home.
Who in the county hadn't?
Tired of his three daughters" well-known aversion to commitment, Luke Carrigan had vowed to take a hand in introducing them all to "suitable" men, in what Trevor figured was a vain hope they would soon settle down and have families.
What was it about their parents" generation, Trevor wondered, dropping down into the wing chair Luke indicated, that made them think marriage was essential to a person's happiness? He was content living the single life, and saw no reason to change his own circumstances.
"Don't worry, that's not why you're here," Luke continued. Trevor held back a sigh of relief.
Luke sat down behind his desk. "I did want to talk to you about Rebecca, though."
Trevor tensed. Luke's second-to-oldest child had been two years behind him in school. The two of them had nothing in common then—or now. He vaguely recalled Rebecca Carrigan as a rah-rah type who had always been busy organizing something.
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