How he’d managed all of this in just a couple of days was amazing. Unless, Isabelle thought with a sideways glance at him, he’d been planning to get her and Caro to Texas all along. Good thing? Bad? She couldn’t be sure yet.

Caroline whipped around, still clutching her doll in the crook of one arm, and threw her free arm around Wes’s knees. Tipping her head back, she said, softly, “Thank you, Wes.”

He cupped the back of her head and smiled down at her with a gentleness that touched Isabelle’s heart. There were so many layers to the man that she doubted she would ever learn them all....