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talking to Mary what he really means is she yelled and he listened,” Jacob said through his laughter.
    Tobey started laughing. “Yeah, well, I’m sure Vicky here will have you by the balls here soon too. Then my friend, I will be laughing at you.”
    That caused my heart to freeze in my chest, I had to work real hard to keep from turning pale or fainting. My stupid heart wished for it…longed for it. My brain, thankfully, was still working properly.  It knew that this wasn’t going to happen.
    “Like I was saying though, we’ve decided to reconsider our staff. Just not sure what we’ll do now because from the looks of it half these guys may not be panning out. I don’t want Mary working. I’d rather her take care of Mitchell.”
    A light bulb went off in my head. Business, now that I can safely talk and think about. “Wait a second.” I almost yelled.
    Walking a few steps away, I could feel Jacob’s eyes on me. Pulling out my phone, I scrolled through my contacts until I found the one I was looking for. Pressing send, I waited for her to answer.
    “Hey work wench, what’s up?”
    “Hey doll. Well, I’m actually calling with good news for you.”
    “Oh, I like this call,” she laughed.
    “Are you and the others still looking for work?”
    “Yeah, but not many people will give us a chance. You know how it goes.”
    “Well, I might have work for you guys. Considering you can get Axel under control, that is.”
    “He’s getting better, but getting him to trust people is still hard.”
    “Well, these are good people. You’d be working on a ranch. I haven’t told them about you guys yet, I wanted to call and see if you’d even be interested first.”
    “Give me a second and I’ll ask the guys.” A few seconds later she came back on the line. “It’s a go for all of us.”
    “Great. I’ll tell them and give them your number. Expect their call.”
    “Thanks Ms. Lancer. I can’t tell you how good it is to know we at least have one person out there that cares.”
    Looking back over at the party, my gut tells me something. “I have a feeling you’re about to have a whole lot more looking out for you,” I smiled at the thought.
    “Would be a nice change.”
    “We’ll talk soon.”
    We ended the call with our normal banter and I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down their number on there, before walking back over to the guys, holding out the piece of paper to Tobey.
    “This is a number to a possible solution to your problems. The woman that will answer will be Carmen. There are about fourteen others there. They are looking for work, all of them have experience working farms, so I’d like to think they’d slide into here rather well. Here’s the catch. They are recovering addicts. But before you judge them, please don’t. They are good people and they deserve a chance. Carmen, Axel, Shelby, Skyler, and Hunter, I know personally and they kind of took the others under their wings. It’s an idea is all.”
    “Uh, wow thanks. Is it okay if I call after the ceremony?”
    “Yeah, I called her to make sure they were still available. They do live a distance away, but I will pay for them to live in a hotel if need be.”
    “No that won’t be necessary, we had cabins built for the new staff. Thank you, Vicky. Hang on to her Jake.” He said his goodbyes a hurried away.
    “What do you say we continue to enjoy our time here and forget about that asshole?” Jacob asked as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
    “That sounds like a plan I can live with,” I answered without thinking.
     
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    Being here for such a private moment didn’t sit right with me. Everyone here thought that I was with Jacob. Lying was not something I liked to do. Even when I was younger, I couldn’t even lie to my friends. Now here I was lying to very lovely people. Guilt was eating me alive right now.
    For an impromptu wedding, it made even my cold heart melt. Tobey definitely loved his now wife. The tears