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Chapter 45

Author: Olivia Saxton
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An hour later, the Steele family arrived back on The Cross Creek Ranch. Dax and Tom went upstairs to change and get ready for bed. They had school tomorrow.

“Jesse, before you go to your separate corner of the world, I need to talk to you,” Ray said. He thought it best to address it at home than at the party.

“Yeah?” Jesse said.

“Why are you advising Dax about a girl he likes?” Ray asked. “I’m his father. You should have directed him to me.”

“Hold on,” Ava interjected. “That wasn’t Jesse’s fault. You see, Dax came to me first about the girl. Well, we were talking about something else, and Dax brought it up, actually. I advised him the best I could, but I told him that if he didn’t like my advice he should go to Jesse.”

“What? Why would you send him to Jesse and not me?” Ray asked, offended.

“For one thing, I got the impression that Jesse was the ladies’ man in the family,” Ava said.

“And your assumption was correct,” Jesse said with a nod and a small smile.

“So
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