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further into that bushland, and who knows where she would have ended up.”
    Nick put an embracing arm around both Victoria and Katie as they sat huddled together in complete silence. Time stood still as Victoria felt Nick’s strong arm around her providing her with comfort and a kind of caring and love that she hadn’t felt since Tom died.
    “Well, I think we should pack it up and head home,” said Dan, as Natasha finished putting away the last of the breakfast plates into the boot of the car. “We all need some sleep, and a good rest today.”
    Julie offered to drive Nick’s car back so that Victoria, Nick and Kate could ride together and get some much needed rest on the way down. It was almost mid-day when they pulled up at Nick’s house. It was a large restored old Queenslander home with verandahs all round and a day bed downstairs overlooking the ocean from the back of the house. There was nothing more that Victoria needed than to be with Nick and Katie for the rest of the day and arriving at his house seemed as natural as coming home.
    “Remember when you asked me just the other day about what more I wanted than us surfing together, Vicky?” Nick asked as they lay on the day bed overlooking the surf, both of them feeling glad and relieved that Katie was alive. “All I want is for us to be together. I want a future with you, and I want to adopt Katie as my daughter, but more than that I want you as my wife.”
    Victoria couldn’t believe what she was hearing. And as she whispered, yes, yes, yes, Nick almost drowned out the sound of her voice as he placed his lips on hers and delivered to her the most passionate kiss she had ever known.
     
    THE END
     

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Uncivil Discord
    Desperate Times
    Texas, June 1890
    Kale Preston looks exactly like he should, being a cowboy and all. He fits the cliché of tall, dark and handsome after spending countless hours in the Texas sun. Richly thick and sun-streaked hair sat tucked under a nice cowboy hat and he was accustomed to fitting his tall, lanky frame into a set of hip hugging jeans, a long-sleeved, button down shirt, and a sturdy pair of boots. He was handsome enough to notice, but the real kicker to that second glance came when he smiled. If his face wasn’t pleasant enough, add in two perfectly placed dimples, beautiful teeth, and a well-kept goatee and any woman would look twice. Even if all you could catch were those mysterious blue eyes, it wasn’t a disappointing view.
    Most mornings he spent time sitting on his porch, sipping coffee and greeting the day. Today was no different as he looked out across his cattle ranch and sighed. He’d never seen prettier country. The one thing his farm was lacking was a beautiful woman to share his life with. The state of marriage in Texas was about the only thing the state was lacking. Having three times as many single men as women was a good day. A bad day boast nearly six times the amount of men for every woman. That put Kale’s odds of getting married lower than slim to none.
    He hated the idea of advertising for a wife. It made him feel as if he was shopping for particular ingredients when all he really wanted was to find a woman he could live with, who could in turn live with him. He didn’t expect her to be outrageously stunning or anything, although he wouldn’t complain if she was. He wanted a simple life with a wife who would talk to him, a woman who would enjoy living on a ranch and would bask in the beauty of God’s country. If he could only say one thing about Texas, it was that God had truly put his thumbprint on the Lone Star State.  Kale sighed and finished off the rest of his coffee.
    Going into town, Kale headed for the only