Chapter 26: AmbushAnna ignored the sweat trickling down her nose as she and Mina continued to w**d in the garden. Six-year-old Mina was becoming such a help. The sun had lost its heat-of-the-day intensity, but since this was the end of August the huge dark clouds kept building and the weather became stickier and stickier, the smell of rain in the air mixing with the dust coating everything. The work was good though and would keep her from thinking. Lorenz had gone with the Rolfe's on the drive to market, and Mr. MacDonald was watching both places.
He had gone into the foothills as this was a slow time on the ranch. After breakfast, just before he left, he came in with a bemused look on his face. “Lorenz just talked to me in my mind. They twill be here this afternoon.”
Anna looked at him
