Chapter 26: The Indulgence of Cowboys
Glock Ranch
Barn/Studio
8:02 P.M.
Gray wasn’t at the ranch. Something told me he was working late at the office, finishing up his recipe and fine-tuning the production line for his new hot sauce, as he’d set himself a strict deadline. After searching for him in the house and coming up empty-handed, I made my way to my studio.
Once there, I turned on all the lights, filling the studio with golden-yellow illumination, and found myself absorbed in my unfinished creation. It was as I’d left it, waiting for my attention. Vellum, all my different types of scissors, and my pots and tubes of wax, glue, and colors attracted me with their useful beauty. I looked over the tools that I’d missed handling in the last few days, hand saws, pin hammers, screws, ta
