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director. For her, media spin was an art form. If properly motivated, she could make climate change sound environmentally beneficial.
    â€œSo,” Emilio said, leaning back in his chair and taking a swallow of his drink. “What’s this I hear about you and a mystery woman?”
    â€œWow, good news travels fast.” He should have taken Katy up to his office. It was just that the coffee shop seemed more…neutral. He should have known better and met her somewhere off campus and far from the building. Like California.
    â€œThe CEO can’t sit in the company coffee shop holdinghands with a woman no one has seen before, and expect it to go unnoticed.”
    â€œWell, she’s not a mystery woman. She’s my sister-in-law. And we weren’t holding hands. We were talking.”
    â€œI thought you didn’t see Becca’s family any longer.”
    â€œI haven’t in a long time. But something has come up.”
    â€œIs everything okay?”
    Up until today, Adam hadn’t talked to anyone but his attorney and the fertility doctor about his baby plan, but he knew he could trust Emilio to keep it quiet. So he told him, and his reaction was about what Adam would have expected.
    â€œWow,” Emilio said, shaking his head in disbelief. “I didn’t even know you wanted kids. I mean, I knew that you and Rebecca were trying, but I had no idea you would want to be a single father.”
    â€œIt’s something I’ve wanted for a while. It just feels like the right time to me. And since I don’t plan to get married again…” He shrugged. “Surrogacy seems to be my best option.”
    â€œWhy the meeting with Becca’s sister…I’m sorry, I don’t recall her name.”
    â€œKatherine…Katy. I called her as a courtesy, and on the advice of my attorney.”
    â€œSo, what did she say?”
    â€œShe wants to be the surrogate.”
    One brow rose. “Seriously?”
    â€œYeah. In fact, she was pretty adamant about it. She claims that she’s the only person I can trust.”
    â€œDo you trust her?”
    â€œI believe that she would never do anything to harm Becca’s baby.”
    â€œBut…”
    â€œKaty seems very…headstrong. If I hire someone, I’ll becalling the shots. Katy on the other hand is in a position to make things very complicated.”
    â€œCorrect me if I’m wrong, but if you tell her no, she could make things complicated, too.”
    â€œExactly.”
    â€œSo you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”
    â€œMore or less.” And he didn’t like being backed into a corner.
    â€œSo what did you tell her?”
    â€œThat I had to talk to my attorney.”
    â€œYou hear so many horror stories about surrogacy agreements going bad. Just a few weeks ago Alejandro was telling me about a case in New Mexico. A couple hired a surrogate to carry their baby. She was Hispanic, and halfway through the pregnancy moved back to Mexico and dropped off the map. Unfortunately the law is in her favor.”
    Adam had heard similar cautionary tales.
    â€œI think, if you have someone you can trust, let her do it,” Emilio said.
    He would make the call to his attorney, to check on the legalities of it and his rights as the father, but Emilio was right. Choosing Katy just made the most sense. And ultimately the benefits would outweigh the negatives.
    He hoped.

Three
    W hat the hell was he doing here?
    The limo pitched and swayed up the pitted, muddy gravel road that led to the Huntley’s cattle ranch, and Adam lunged to keep the documents he’d been reading on the ride up from sliding off the leather seat and scattering to the floor.
    His driver and bodyguard, Reece, would have to take a trip to the car wash as soon as they got back to El Paso, Adam realized as he gazed out the mud-splattered window. At least the torrential rain they’d