Lance put the final piece of tape on the presents he’d bought for his family. He didn’t normally go overboard, but he’d found comfort in shopping for his loved ones this year. He piled the last gift for Tia under his tree with the others. Everyone was making the journey to the ranch for the Christmas Eve dinner at the homestead.
Scarlett had enjoyed having his mother at the ranch as she started learning how to become a mom, and Lance knew his mother had helped his boss a lot over the last several months.
He had gifts for his friends that felt like family too, and he loaded those up in a small box to take down the road and hand out before dinner. Anyone who didn’t stay at Last Chance Ranch for the holidays had already emptied their stockings, and Lance had given them his gifts before they
