it was her job now to protect and care for bradley , and if she did n't love the little boy so much , if she did n't think he deserved the very best of everything and believe to the depth of her soul that he had the right to know his father-and that his father had the right to know him-she would n't be at jarrod ridge right now , in trevor jarrod 's office , facing down a man who could not only have her thrown out of his family 's resort , but possibly barred from the entire state of colorado .