“I can’t lie!” Joseph Tieber owned Bozeman, Montana’s, busiest private air transportation and tourism company. A pilot for more than thirty years, he now sat behind a desk and employed several young airplane and helicopter pilots and numerous other staff. Lucas wasn’t the executive he’d personified for Rachel, but his stepdad did make a lot of money on his passion for flight. He and Luella had been young when their dad died and their mother married Joseph less than a year later. While the transition had been rough, growing up with Joseph had always been an adventure. “Even for Luella?” Lucas hated lowballing, but his motive had a lot of bite. His stepdad sighed, full of defeat. He lowered his head as sorrow weighed him down, running a hand through his hair. After a moment he rested his hands on the desk and lifted his head. “If you want me to hire this woman, why not create a job for her?”
