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His walk to cabin 4 was the time he needed to settle the arguments in his head about not going to Carli after he looked at the information Micah had sent. He wondered at her thoughts of inheriting the Preserve and what was inside the envelope she received. Hearing Bear Tanner’s words for his children and employees demonstrated how the man was in life and why Bear’s death was taken hard by everyone. If he still harbored the possibility that Carli might have staged the shooting, her inheritance would be an incredible motive. He remembered her shocked expression and knew that no one in the room had suspected Bear’s intentions. That led him to wonder if she would stay or continue with her globetrotting career. Deciding he would ask her about it on their hike to Miner’s Paradise, he recalle
