Alliances (A Time to Love 24)

DJ Dubois

August 2021

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Introduction [Rancho Rivertree, Tucson, Arizona Territory, Fall 1880]

Doña Mercedes de la Vega de Montoya writes….

Manolo and I made our decision. We will sell Rancho Montoya to Don Alfonso and Doña Veronica. The Montoya family will hold onto the rancho. Don Sebastian would approve of his sister and her husband. Don Martin, Don Santiago, Don Alejandro and Doña Carlotta travel here to Tucson. We will talk. We work together. We can have homes and be happy at last. For Mano, our child, Blue, Penny and nuestra familia, our dream is there at last….

that is if Don Domingo Montoya does not ruin it…

Manolo and Victoria will not speak about him. They say he is not a popular topic in the family. Papa is so angry. Doña Maria remembers him as a gambler without a care for the outside world. Why did he not stay in Mexico City? ¡Ay! We can hope he will not ruin our agreement.

We build for our future. I pray that it will come to pass….