Meanwhile Dusty was frozen in her shoes. With reality slowly sinking in, there was suddenly a noxious churning in her belly. She was about to run to the bathroom and throw up. John couldn’t have sold it to him! It was a disaster worse than death itself!
Ty remained silent as he perused every corner of the store. He fingered a number of the items on the shelves, peered into the back room and then returned to her.
“I think if we take down that back wall we can stock more hunting supplies. This place has never had all we need here in town. I’ve had to drive sixty miles to get what I want. And I was thinking about putting in some fishing tackle … over there …” He gestured to a spot in the back corner.
“Ty Holbrook, would you just spit it out? What’s going on?”
“John didn’t tell
