The ranch owner looked like he was on the verge of tears. “President Yelts, I have no idea what happened either. I personally arranged for him and your daughter to stay in the best suite on the ranch. But he insisted on moving into the barn instead.”
Ginny frowned deeply, clearly trying to piece things together.
Steve stepped forward, tears glistening in her eyes as she choked out her words.
“I understand now. Tom is still blaming me in his heart. I… I lost my wife. I didn’t know how to raise a child on my own. I shouldn’t have caused you trouble, Ginny.”
“You’ve done so much for me, Ginny. No matter what Tom does, I won’t hold it against him. If he hadn’t hurt the child, I never would have exposed what happened. I never wanted to be the reason he was sent to this ranch in the first place.”
Her few carefully chosen words were enough to ignite Ginny’s anger all over again.
“Tom Hardy,” she snapped. “I thought your soul might be cleansed after a month immersed in nature. I had hoped you would reflect and change.”
“But I see now… some people are just rotten to the core.”
“You’re using this pathetic act to try and win sympathy, to make Steve look bad in front of me?!”