rned to rage. He wasn't goi

chy red. "She bought the weekend. But we're

and stood beside Molly,

ble. I know for a fact the Harrison family in Houston would pay a fortune for

tion; it was dismemberment for profit. The air tu

"You can't do this!

ed on his ranch, moved toward my mother. "Shut

being cautious. "I told you, this is Cullen property. We d

nies. He feared the venue's owner, the unknow

er. "You want to bid agai

k. She pulled out a small, worn l

d forward and snatched it from my moth

bid with dirt?" She raised the pouch, intending to pour the

rd, his eyes wide with alarm. He gent

the contents onto a white cloth. He

il from the original Cullen homestead. The founding plot. To the family, this is a sacred r

inner-take-all," she sai

ioneer. "The bid is valid. The s

, a single tear of fury tr

a child, filling it with soil from the land behin

ese years. And now she