Chapter Sixteen
David was quiet as they drove the short distance from the commune to the ranch next door. Jules had never been on the property. She’d driven past it plenty of times over the years. The main difference was the number of cows that dotted the green pastures where crops and colorful dwellings dotted her homeland.
The light of the moon shone the way as they drove up to the big house. There weren't near as many houses on this ranch as there were on the commune. Far fewer people as well. She felt a stab of disappointment that David hadn't gotten to visit the nightly bonfire on the commune. But Paris’s words hung in her mind. Would anyone ever accept him on the land?
She'd always thought of the people of her home as the most open-minded, the most compassionate, the most acceptin
