“Sam?” Cole gently pulled her hands from her face. “Six calves—” he began, relaying the information from Allan before he realized Matt must have already told her.
With dry eyes and an expression of defeat, she said, “I’m going to do it. He’s won.”
He understood immediately what she meant. “No, you’re not. We’re going to find out who is behind everything that has happened and make sure he spends his life in prison.”
“Joe. The horses. The cattle. All the vandalism. Alice,” she said, pulling one of her hands free from his hold as she gestured in the direction of the JAR-C, “the hay fire. Whatever his reason, let him have the property. My conscience can’t take the responsibility.”
“It’s not your responsibility to own. You are not doing any of these things.”
“But they’re happening because
