“They didn’t like it, of course,” he admitted. “But they understand. They know how important it is that I do my job well.”
She could understand that, she really could, but the idea of not spending the holidays with him brought tears to her eyes. Slowly, she asked, “And what… what if you decided not to go back? What if you decided to stay at the farm and take over like your dad asked?”
He let out a heavy sigh and tipped his head to the side before he said, “Delaney, even if I did decide to do that, I can’t just tell my boss no and never come back. What kind of a person would that make me? It would be awfully irresponsible.”
“So what?” she asked, hardly believing it was her own voice. “They could find someone else to do it. They’d figure it out. Is it really complicated or something?”
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