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“How long have you been running the ranch?”

“For a little over a year and a half,” Quinn said. Instinct shouted at him to proceed with caution. “Why?”

“Did you give up climbing for this?” Taylor asked.

“Excuse me?”

“I want to know what your priorities are. If you’re a rancher, you’re a rancher. That’s fine. But I didn’t hire a rancher to see me through my recertification. I hired you under the express belief you were a dedicated mountaineer.”

Muscles along his jaw worked and knotted. “I’m perfectly capable of doing, and being, both.”

“I disagree.” She crossed her arms and looked at some point well beyond him. “When was the last time you summited, Quinn? Eight months? Twelve? More?” She waved him off when he started to answer. “What you’ve been doing with yourself over the past several months may not matter so much to you, but it matters very much to me.”