He had a job to do, Ally knew, but she wished he could have given up trying to convince her to leave sooner. His following her around had slowed her down and distracted her while she’d been trying to get things done, and now that he was gone she could get back to doing what needed to be done. There were a lot of things that could be done, even if she didn’t know if she’d have to time to finish them. Every little bit of progress helped, even if she didn’t get the job finished. Whatever it took to save her place, she would do it. No matter what anyone else said or who tried to stop her. She didn’t care how hard she had to fight. She wasn’t going anywhere, she wasn’t letting her babies, the animals here, nor her dream of the little farm she was building die in the raging flames of this wildfi
