He
watched
as
she
switched
her
gaze
from
the
scenery
to
him.
“I
know
what
I
said
earlier,
but
now
I’m
not
sure.
I
had
planned
to
leave
as
soon
as
I
had
talked
to
my
mother
but
I
might
decide
to
hang
around
awhile.
This
place
is
beautiful,’’
she
said,
taking
a
quick
glance
out
of
the
window
again.
She
turned
back
to
him
to
add,
“Since
school
is
out
for
the
summer
I
can
enjoy
myself.
I
seldom
take
vacations
during
the
summer
months.
Usually
I
give
private
music
lessons,
so
this
is
a
really
nice
break,
although
I
wished
it
was
a
planned
trip
rather
than
an
unplanned
one.”
Stone
really
didn’t
care
about
the
reason
she
was
in
Montana,
he
was
just
glad
that
she
was.
He
hoped
things
worked
out
between
her
and
her
mother
but
it
seemed
that
Madison
had
never
heard
of
anyone
acting
out
of
character.
He
had
a
feeling
that,
in
the
world
she
was
used
to,
things
went
according
to
plan
and
as
expected.
He
smiled
inwardly.
In
that
case,
his
family
would
take
some
getting
used
to
if
she
ever
met
them.
His
father
had
two
brothers.
Of
the
three
siblings,
their
uncle
Corey
was
the
only
single
one.
Never
having
been
married
and
the
youngest
of
the
three,
he
had
been
a
surrogate
father
to
his
eleven
nephews
and
one
niece.
Corey
had
left
Atlanta
to
attend
Montana
State
University
and
fell
in
love
with
the
land.
Once
he
had
a
job
as
a
park
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