Chapter Sixteen
One week later
Lexi stepped into the kitchen, sweat pouring down her back. Today had been a hot one. She and her dad had spent the last four hours moving cow-calf pairs to the back pasture where the grass was fresh and water from Steele Creek refreshed the watering holes. She poured a glass of iced-tea, pressing it to her forehead.
She had no business being this happy on a Tuesday, after sweating her brains out. She should be pissed that Cody and Carolina still hadn’t managed to hire a foreman to help dad with the ranch. In truth, they needed two additional hands. Four, if her dad was going to retire and they were still going to run a full operation. In spite of their family’s troubles, she couldn’t keep the smile off her face.
“Let me guess,” her twin entered the kitch
