Was that all right?

Maddie nodded her head.

"More than all right," she said shyly.

It was definitely all right. Here all these years she'd been carrying around a hurt, thinking Zach had just used her and thrown her away. Now she accepted what a difficult choice he'd had to make. She didn't agree with the choice but she didn't hate him any more, either.

"What about the barns and the stable?" she asked suddenly. "The animals have to be taken care ...