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apparently to the police. Eddie watched nervously as Clint ended the call. “Guess you should’ve left when you could, Mr. Haywood.
    He looked at Cam. “I’m going to take Lily inside. How ’bout keeping an eye on Mr. Haywood ’til the cops get here?”
    “My pleasure,” Cam said with a smile.
    Clint walked over to Lily and took her hand. “Come on, Lil. Let’s go to the house.”
    She didn’t argue, but she did cut Eddie a hate-filled look before she let Clint lead her away. They were halfway across the yard when she heard yelling behind them. She turned just in time to see Eddie running out of the stable with Cam closing in on him with a coil of rope in one hand.
    Cam launched himself at Eddie, taking him down like a linebacker. Quick as a flash, Cam went to work and in less than ten seconds, Eddie was hog-tied, screaming in the dirt.
    Lily couldn’t help but laugh and applaud. Cam climbed to his feet and took a dramatic bow. “I think he’ll be fine ’til the police get here,” Cam said and headed back toward the stable.
    Clint just chuckled and resumed his trek to the house. Once inside, he went to the refrigerator. “Beer?” he asked.
    “Feeling more like iced tea. Got any left?”
    Clint got out the pitcher of tea and a couple of beers while Lily fixed a glass of tea. “Want me to take Cam a beer?” she asked.
    “I’ll do it.”
    She didn’t argue, but took a seat at the table and thought about Eddie showing up. He must be really scared to track her down and try getting money out of her. She supposed she should feel bad for him, but she didn’t have it in her to feel bad for him anymore.
    There was a time she’d overlooked his laziness or the way he mismanaged money, even the lies he told. She overlooked all of it because she thought she was supposed to. Her folks raised her to believe that marriage was sacred. When you said “I do,” it meant a real vow.
    She’d tried to honor that vow, and maybe she would have continued to do so if Eddie hadn’t gambled away the farm. It was for damn sure that she’d never forgive him, and now that she’d found Clint, she’d sure never go back to Eddie. It might make her a failure in the marriage department, but she fully intended to get free of Eddie.
    The sound of car doors slamming drew her out of her thoughts. She got up to go to the back door and look out. There was a car marked sherriff’s Department in the driveway. Two uniformed officers were standing beside it, talking with Clint and Cam while Eddie lay tied up in the dirt.
    Lily didn’t see any need to involve herself so she just stood and watched. After a few minutes, the officers untied Eddie, cuffed him and put him in the back of the car. They shook hands with Clint and Cam and left.
    She returned to the kitchen. A couple of minutes later Clint and Cam entered the house.
    “Well?” she asked.
    “Looks like Eddie’s gonna spend a few nights in jail,” Clint answered.
    “And not just for trespassing,” Cam added. “They found his car at the end of the drive. Or the car he was driving. It was stolen and had expired plates.”
    Lily shook her head. Leave it to Eddie to take off across state lines in a stolen car. “So, I guess he’s not gonna be getting out in the next day or so?”
    “Doesn’t appear so,” Cam replied and went to the refrigerator for another beer. “Think I’ll go get cleaned up. Y’all got plans? I’m taking this gal, Rachel, out to dinner and probably go somewhere after. You can join if you want.”
    Clint looked at Lily and she shook her head. “Don’t feel much like it. Besides, we’ve got a ton of ribs left and I made a big potato salad this morning and a batch of coleslaw and baked beans.”
    “Sounds good to me,” Clint commented.
    “Okay, cool.” Cam headed down the hall, leaving them alone.
    Clint took a seat at the table. “I think maybe you should go to the sale with us tomorrow.”
    “Why?”
    “I just don’t feel good about leaving