In Heat for My Stepbrother novel · Chapter 18 of 32
Chapter 18: The Meter
Judd read the signature twice.
Then he folded the fax in half, very neatly, and put it in his shirt pocket.
"He had the title one day," he said. "One day, and he sold my grandmother's land."
"Can he do that?"
"The heir signs for the timber. Dad gave him the timber." His voice was quiet. "So yes."
The foreman looked from him to me.
"Should I kill the line or not?"
"Not yet," I said. "Please."
"It's a work order."
"Then let it sit on your desk a week."
The foreman considered it.
"Desk's pretty messy," he said, and went back inside.
The old lineman was leaning on the truck with his thermos.
"The north line," he said. "I patrolled that one in the spring."
We both looked at him.
"Lot of stumps up there." He shrugged. "Fresh ones, right off the right-of-way. I figured your people were thinning."
"How many?" Judd asked.
"Enough I wrote it on my sheet. Nobody ever reads my sheet."
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