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and awfully big. “Kendra was my only sister.” Then she took a deep breath. “Your brother’s waiting to
    congratulate you. And I’ve got stuff to do, so....”
    “Okay.” But he didn’t turn away. Just kept looking at her, oddly reluctant to leave. “You want to meet me at the ranch tomorrow
    morning? Take a look around as owners for the first time?”
    Her smile returned, brighter than the Oklahoma sun. “You bet I do.”
    She trotted away from him, around a corner and out of sight. Within a few seconds he heard the sound of a very sick engine coughing to life like a chain
    smoker first thing in the morning.  
    Then he headed to Joey and the pickups.
    Joey leaned out his open window, and said, “Going back to The Long Branch?”
    “Nope. The Corral. Gotta call a family meeting, fill
    ‘em in before the Big Falls grapevine does.”
    “Good idea. Vidalia’s sure to whip up some kind of mouth-watering lunch, or brunch or something.”
    “You ever think about anything but your belly, kid brother?”
    “Rarely, big brother. Rarely.”
    “I don’t know where you put it. Hollow legs, I guess.”
    Grinning, Joey started his engine. “You might as well send a group text.”
    The group text feature was overly utilized by the Brand half of the Brand-McIntyre clan and had taken some getting used to. There were three groups. One
    with the entire family included, one with just the females, and one with just the men, which he still wasn’t sure the women knew about. He, his dad
    and his brothers had been added to the other two groups, and as a result, he’d had to set his phone permanently to vibrate. Otherwise, the chimes
    would’ve been as maddening as the bells of Notre Dame had been to Quasimodo.
    He pulled out his phone, tapping on the most recent all-inclusive clan text and sent one out. “I have news to share. Can anyone spare a few minutes
    this afternoon?” he typed.
    The replies came so quickly, in such abundance that the phone almost vibrated right out of his hand.
    * * *
    Vidalia Brand-McIntyre’s OK Corral didn’t open until later, so they had the entire saloon to themselves, and Robert wasn’t surprised to
    see the whole fam-damily had gathered. Vidalia’s youngest, Selene, met him at the batwing doors, and clapped an arm right around his shoulders.
    “We’re taking bets,” she said, all silvery blond hair and mystical pale blue eyes. “Mom says you’ve fallen in love. Dad
    thinks you’ve decided to move back to Texas.”
    “And what do you think?”
    “I don’t think things, I know things.” She gave him her most mysterious smile. “And what I know is that you are about to step out
    of the shadows and into the light.”
    “That’s so vague, it has to be right,” Joey said, sending her a teasing look.
    She shrugged. “He’s becoming his own man. And there’s a beautiful stranger helping him do it. Specific enough for you?”
    Joey
    blinked twice and looked at Rob. Rob just shook his head. “How do you do that, Selene?”
    She winked, then moved aside to let the rest of the family greet him and try to guess what was up. Vidalia and her firstborn, Maya, came out of the kitchen
    bearing platters stacked with sandwiches, and set them on the table. “Caleb has a lunch meeting with a client, Robby,”  Maya said.
    “But he says he already knows your news and he wouldn’t give me so much as a hint.”
    “He’s only known for a few hours, if that helps,” Rob said.
    He looked around at the huge family his father had dragged him and his brothers into. It hadn’t been a choice on their part. The Brands were like a
    Venus fly trap. You got close enough, they just wrapped their sticky arms around you and held on. There wasn’t any escaping it. Kind of like Big
    Falls, itself. And while they seemed overwhelming and meddling at first, once Rob had relaxed into their warmth, he’d found himself wondering how
    he’d ever got by without it. It was cold out there in the