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nothing?”
    “Well, you could give me one percent of your earnings on her if that makes you feel any better.”
    “One percent? That’s it? Are you serious? I’ll give you ten percent.”
    That was easy. “Fine.”
    She squealed and launched herself at me for another hug. I was ready for it, so I squeezed my arms around her to make it last a little longer. “Thank you, Billy. I’ll take good care of her, and you can have her back whenever you want.” She rested her hands on my shoulders, which gave me a good angle to check out her cleavage. She bit the corner of her lip for a second. “We should go out and celebrate.”
    My body reacted a little to the warmth of her hands and the scent of her perfume. I smiled. “Yeah. That’s a good idea.”
    “All right. I’m going to ask someone to watch the horses. Then I need to go back to the hotel to get cleaned up. Rochelle said everyone is going to bar called Stetsons. I’ll meet you there later.”
    I nodded, tipped my hat, and watched her ass as she spun and walked away.
    Back at the camper, I showered and dressed in clean clothes. Cole came in as I was ironing my shirt. “Where you going?”
    “To the bar.”
    “With who?”
    “Nobody,” I said because I didn’t want him giving me the gears.
    “Yeah, right.” He unbuttoned his shirt and unbuckled his belt. “Wait for me. I’m coming with you.” He hopped into the shower and took forever.
    “Hurry up,” I yelled through the door as I buttoned my shirt.
    “Settle down. You don’t want to get there too early and be waiting.”
    “I’d like to get there before it closes.”
    Fifteen minutes later, he stepped out of the bathroom wearing a towel around his waist, smelling like a piña colada from his shower gel. “What are you worried about? You know girls take forever to get ready. I can guarantee she won’t be there before you — especially if she likes you.”
    “What does that have to do with anything?”
    “Everyone knows that a girl who doesn’t put any effort into looking good on a first date isn’t into you. Who is it, by the way? Tawnie?”
    I didn’t say anything.
    “That girl better thank you for buying her a damn horse. Here, take these.” He threw a handful of condoms at me.
    “I didn’t buy her a horse. I bought a horse that she is just going to ride.”
    He shook his head, not buying it, then looked in the mirror to apply a moisturizer.
    I sat back and stretched my legs along the dinette bench. “I can see why you know so much about women. You pretty much are one.”
    He threw the cap from the moisturizer bottle at me, then winked at himself in the mirror as he put some sort of product in his hair.
    “Oh my God. Who cares what your hair looks like? You’re going to be wearing a hat.”
    “The hat comes off at the end of the night, and I fully intend for some pretty girl to be seeing how my hair looks underneath it.” He sprayed cologne in the air. “Speaking of which, if I bring a girl back here, you need to find somewhere else to sleep.”
    “No way. Get a room.”
    “I bought this camper. You have two options: leave or listen.”
    I rolled my eyes in exasperation. “Just hurry up.”

Chapter 4
    We got to the bar at eleven o’clock because Cole was hungry. I knew he hadn’t eaten all day, so we went for dinner first. The band was pretty decent and a lot of people were dancing. I scanned the room for Tawnie, but didn’t see her. What I did see was Tyson and Blake sitting at a table near the back with Lee-Anne, her best friend Rochelle, and Shae-Lynn. Blake had his arm draped across Shae-Lynn’s shoulder. She looked up at me for a second, but when she noticed that I was already looking, and not impressed that Blake was hanging off her, she turned her head to take a sip of beer and watch the dancers.
    “Isn’t he a bit old for her?” I asked Cole as we stood at the bar to get drinks.
    “Who?”
    “Blake.”
    Cole checked over his shoulder and shrugged,