The days started to run into each other under the rule.Jimmy woke to the same tight pull in his shoulders. He made coffee, set the cups out, and waited. Jax came in from the barn, sat, and answered the plans in short words. Lily-Rose moved through the kitchen with dirt already under her nails from the early garden work.No one wasted talk.Jax left for the south line. Jimmy took the north. The sun climbed. Heat sat heavy on the land. Sweat ran. From his side of the property Jimmy could see Jax moving along the fence, steady, alone, keeping every word he had given.The stretch of hours felt longer than it should have.At midday Jimmy walked back for water. Lily-Rose was not in the garden. He found her on the porch steps, boots off, rubbing her feet. She looked up when the boards creaked under his weight.“He still out there?”“Yes.”“Any change?”“No.”Jimmy drank. The water was warm from sitting in the sun.“You look tired.”“I am tired.”She leaned back on her hands and stared at th
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