Chapter 5He had to ask, at least. Maybe the fact he did ask would let her know he cared. “Is everything all right? Are you?”
She nodded. “I’m fine. It’s just been awfully busy. Berne’s busy. I don’t know what he’s up to, but something…”
“Is that cousin or whatever still coming?”
“Yeah, far as I know. Berne hasn’t said much more about it. I’ve been trying to get the house fixed up a little, so he can have a room. The junk room is what it’s been. Usually the hired hands bunk in the barn, but I guess since he’s kin folks…”
“Some kin folks,” Dusty muttered under his breath. She looked at him questioningly. “Nothing, kiddo. Just thinking aloud for a minute.”
She turned the tables on him neatly. “How are things out at the site?”
“You wouldn’t know it now. Lots of dirt’s been moved the last
