Mary Brady - Winning Over the Rancher

From the other side of the butcher block island Seth and Amy introduced her to their shy two-year-old son, Trey. Amy held the frail-looking boy in her arms, and he kept his head on her shoulder.

Evvy hugged her, and Curtis shook her hand. “Thank you for working so hard on this project for us,” he said. This must have been where Baylor got his blue eyes.

“Don’t be fooled by all this, KayLee.” With the sweep of his hand, Baylor included every Doyle in the room. “We all have our company manners on.”

“Speak for yourself,” Holly shot back. “I’m always nice.”

“You are, Mommy,” the red-haired boy beside her said. “Can I have pie now?”

Curtis laughed. “You keep it up, boy,” he said to the child. “You never know what you’ll get by asking.”

“Thanks, a lot, Dad.”

“So, can I?” Matthew patted his mother on the arm.

Holly made a fierce face at her father-in-law and was met with grandfatherly innocence.

“After dinner, sweetie. If you’re hungry now I’ll get you an apple.”

“Me, too,” Katie cried and jumped out into the open.

While the other children romped, blond, curly-haired Trey sat quietly in his mother’s arms and seemed to get more attention than he needed. KayLee knew she’d be like that. The first-child syndrome.

“I’m glad you’re going to work for us,” Evvy said from the table where she had taken a seat.

“Me, too,” said Amy.

“We all are,” Holly added, as she washed an apple at the sink.

The brothers and sisters-in-law all looked to Baylor.

He shook his head. “Yes, we all are.”

“Is she your girlfriend, Uncle Baylor?” Matt asked, accepting an apple slice from his mother.

“She’s going to build more houses here on the ranch,” Holly said to distract the boy.

“Wow. Real houses.”

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