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radiates her love for her company, the visitors and the animals.
    “Installing a glass wall to slice the pond so they can see how the gators swim and move. Also a huge playground, and that’s where it went wrong…” She takes a deep breath and another sip of her coffee before she continues, “I had a contractor who made me a good offer. I paid him half up front and they started with construction on the habitats. Then the guy wanted to offer another idea for the playground, so I told him; show me and I’ll have a look, but I’m not making promises.”
    She waves a hand in front of her. “Could you just drive and I’ll continue. You staring at me makes me uncomfortable, Mudfoot.”
    Shaking my head, I start the car without a word so we can continue our journey and she can finish telling me her story.
    “It was actually your brother who overheard Danssel. He was explaining to his partner how he was going to trick me into partnering up so he’d have a money cow. Do nothing and have a steady flow of income every month since business is picking up and with the new additions, let’s just say even you would want a hand in this. Anyway…the fucker doesn’t know I’m doing this for the gators and for the people, to teach them, to give something back to both animal and human.” She sighs deeply, letting all the hurt and frustration pour out. “I’m so sick of this shit. Anyway… I told him the second I found out what he was planning to get the job done how we agreed, but he told me I agreed on the change and needed to sign the new contract. He stopped work that day and it’s been two months of getting nowhere.” She stares at her hands holding on to the coffee cup, not saying another word.
    So I try to nudge her with a question. “And the reason you’re not lawyering up?”
    Her head whips to me. “Because I don’t have the money. I had enough for the investment, I paid half of it up front. So if I lawyer up…”
    “Then you don’t have enough to pay for the other half. Right.” I finish for her.
    Hitting the palm of my hand on the steering wheel. That Danssel sucker knew and set her up. All he sees is a weak woman and is trying to steal away her hard work with a few twists of his arm. Anger is pumping through my veins. I need to do something, anything to help her out. Hell, I could either get a lawyer or pay for the damn investment and it wouldn’t even leave an effin dent in my bank account. Right now I’d even just give her the effin money just so she could give him the finger. But something tells me she would fight me every step of the way. Dagnammit .
    “That’s the reason your brother went to a casino, right? To try to make more money, for you.” Shit for brains. That’s a huge risk that blew up right in his face.
    She nods and keeps her head down.
    “Hey… Look at me…”
    Her face turns to me and I see the guilt and defeat in her eyes. I hate the fact that it’s lacking the fire I like to see in them.
    “Not your fault. He took that risk, not you. Now we deal with that shit, together. If you’ll allow me. And before you throw that door shut, listen to me first, so I can tell you my story… like you told me yours. Deal?”
    “Well, it’s not like I can go anywhere else right now, so by all means…” She lays her head back and closes her eyes.
    My gaze locks back to the road again, I take a deep breath before I start.
    “Growing up, all I ever wanted to do was leave the swamp life. Pack up and leave with a goal to make my first million before my thirtieth birthday. I never told anyone about that goal since, first… they would have laughed, second… it was my goal , something I wanted to prove to myself.” Risking a quick glance to my right, I can see she hasn’t moved. Her eyes are still closed but there’s a faint smile tugging at those delightful lip s I’m hankerin’ for.
    Pulling my attention back to the windshield in front of me, I continue my explanation. “I always had a