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  “We had to find out what was going on Papaw. It just makes me so angry that people like Hodges think they can pull something like what he did. Scaring you. Still makes me so mad.” Hodges better hope he spends some time in the county jail, otherwise his next trip might be to the hospital if Stormi has anything to say about it.

  A part of me was angry that people you trusted or thought you knew, like Denny, could betray you. Jeb had been kind enough to allow him to rent (cheaply I may add) a workshop and this is how he repays him. By scaring the poor man half to death. He could have caused him to have a heart attack.

  And evidently this Lincoln Hodges wasn’t any different from the way Stormi portrayed him back in high school. He had the looks and the money, but no integrity whatsoever. He was self centered and didn’t care who got hurt in the process of him finding what he wanted. We later found out that some big developer in Atlanta had heard about the old carousel and offered Lincoln a couple of million if he could locate the original horses and rebuild it. It would then be located in the developer’s posh new towne center complete with dining and shopping.

  The dogs were supposed to be a distraction. That Jeb would simply think that it was the labs setting off his security alarm system. But Lincoln hadn’t counted on Jeb being alert. He must have thought he was some old man who couldn’t see or was hard of hearing. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Jeb knew something wasn’t right. His only roadblock was convincing the rest of us.

  It was peaceful that night as we sat out under the stars. Jeb no longer had to worry about strange lights or noises, and I was with my Brandon and friends. I felt safe and loved and you can’t get much better than that.

  “I think I’m going to get me a dog.” Jeb rocked back and forth in the porch rocker.

  “You liked those labs didn’t you Papaw.”

  “I did. But I think I’d like to have one of each color, black, brown and tan. That way I can tell them apart.”

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