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abandonment a lot better. It still hurt, especially with James’s asinine reasoning. Had he been more like her mother and just left without a word she might, have felt better about him leaving.
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    For the first time in a long time, she felt sympathy for her father and thought she might understand what he must have felt when her mother left him. This comprehension, however, did nothing to lessen her desire and need to know why her mother had left.
    Tamara shook her head, realized she had been standing at the carousel for quite some time and among the last several passengers milling about waiting for their bags. The conveyor probably had gone around a few times, and she’d just missed her luggage, mired in her thoughts of the past.
    She focused on the bags coming through the chute now and within a couple of minutes saw her Louis Vuitton suitcase appear and make its way toward her. She moved closer, jockeying for position at the carousel to grab the handle of her bag and lift it off of the conveyor.
    The minute she touched the wheels of her suitcase to the floor, she started to feel anxious again, the reality of being back in Colorado setting in.
    She’d always promised herself that once she left McCoy she would not come back, at least not to live. Not that she had had a bad childhood—her father had done everything he could to make up for the absence of her mother—but she didn’t cotton to the idea of going backwards in her life. After working her way up the echelons of society and her career, returning to the slow, simple life of The Double R definitely seemed like a step in the wrong direction for her.
    She liked the fast-pace and convenience, too used to and preferring the city-that-never-sleeps vibe.
    But her dad was the only family she had, and he needed her.
    At least this is what she told herself. The thought had driven her every move since she’d hung up from Jeremiah to make arrangements for her trip.
    My father needs me.
    She hadn’t seen or spoken to him since she’d left home. Her last image of him was that of the long, lean, and robust cowboy she had always admired. He had been a rough and ready man’s man, working Ebook piracy is stealing. It is a federal offense.
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    his buckaroo crew hard. He had also been an overprotective and loving but stern disciplinarian trying to make sure his only child grew up with the right values.
    Tamara had to remind herself that at sixty-five her father was, a senior citizen, even though she knew he would reject this notion.
    She didn’t think she’d ever forgive him for Noah, but she could do no less than carry through with her plans and see to his recovery.
    It wasn’t like she had anything else better to do. Her personal life was in the crapper. Though her career was flying high, she knew that her success and dedication to it was at least half the reason behind James’ departure. She knew her independence and success fueled his self-esteem issues. She kept telling herself that his chauvinistic attitude and desire to be the only star in their universe weren’t her crosses to bear. She couldn’t spend her life kowtowing to a man’s ego and being who and what she wasn’t just to make things pleasant and easy for him. She had left home eighteen years ago so she wouldn’t have to.
    At least her workaholic tendencies had put her in good stead with her firm when it came time to ask for an indefinite leave of absence.
    She hadn’t taken a vacation or day off in the seven years since she’d been with McEntee, Brecker, Holzman & Frakt. She’d even dragged herself out of her sick bed and worked through a bad case of the flu last winter. Of course the profits she brought the company in numerous high-profile, lucrative lawsuits, and her reputation as one of her company’s most