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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

Tags: #Romance, #Suspense

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Sh
e’
d h
a
ve
to s
e
e
if
she
c
ould p
er
su
a
de
W
a
l
l
y
Pi
e
r
ce
, h
e
r
b
e
st bud
a
nd
a
ll
-a
r
ound m
ec
h
a
nic
g
u
r
u, to t
a
k
e
a
look
a
t it,
a
s
we
ll
a
s the
e
n
g
ine
in the
t
w
e
n
t
y
y
e
a
r
old
F
o
r
d t
r
u
c
k s
h
e us
e
d
f
or
l
a
nd
r
e
s
c
u
e
s. S
a
d
l
y
, both h
a
d b
e
e
n mis
f
i
r
in
g
.

A
s soon
a
s the
motor
r
o
a
re
d to li
fe
, she
tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd
h
ea
d
e
d inl
a
nd.
A
ll the
w
hile
G
uinn
e
ss stood
a
t the
ra
ilin
g
,
t
a
il
w
a
g
g
i
n
g
a
t the
p
r
os
p
ec
t of
g
e
tti
n
g
to sho
r
e
soon
a
nd b
a
c
k to his dog
dish
f
or
sup
p
er
.

Hea
di
n
g
due
ea
st, she
b
r
ou
g
ht the
M
oonlight
M
i
l
e
into the
h
ar
bo
r

a
nd
n
oti
ce
d the
m
a
n
f
i
r
st.
H
e
wa
l
k
e
d st
ra
i
g
ht out into the
wa
t
er
, the
en
t
i
r
e
time
he
s
ee
m
e
d to be
t
a
lking
to hims
e
l
f
.
O
dd, she
thou
g
ht.
F
r
om
t
his dist
a
n
c
e
the
m
a
n loo
k
e
d simil
a
r
to the
one
sh
e

d s
ee
n in to
w
n a
time or
t
w
o, the
one
w
ho
w
o
r
k
e
d
f
or
N
i
c
k
a
nd
J
o
r
d
a
n out
a
t
Ta
gg
er
t
O
r
g
a
nic
F
ar
ms.

Rumor
ar
ound to
w
n s
a
id
he
h
a
d a
m
a
jor
d
r
inking p
r
obl
e
m—
a
long
w
ith a
q
u
e
stion
a
ble p
a
st,
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
th
a
t m
ean
t
.

Ke
e
g
a
n s
h
r
u
g
g
e
d
a
b
s
e
ntl
y
.
W
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
his p
a
st h
e
l
d
, it
wa
s no busin
e
ss of
h
e
r
s.
Ha
vi
n
g
g
r
o
w
n up in P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
, she
kn
e
w
a
ll
a
bout s
m
a
ll-to
w
n
g
ossip. P
e
ople
lik
e
d to bu
z
z
a
nd n
ee
d
e
d som
e
o
n
e
to t
a
lk
a
bout, the
n
ewe
r
y
ou
we
re
, the
jui
c
i
e
r
the
tidbits t
e
nd
e
d to
r
un.

B
ut th
a
t didn

t
e
x
pl
a
in
w
h
y
the
stupid m
a
n h
a
d
d
e
c
id
e
d to
g
o
s
w
imming
in the
b
a
y
this
c
lose
to dusk
w
ith
a
ll his
c
loth
e
s on. S
a
ne
p
e
ople
u
su
a
l
l
y
didn

t
g
o in the
w
a
t
e
r
on a
c
hil
l
y
ni
g
ht in
ear
l
y
M
a
r
c
h
w
ithout
a
n
e
x
ce
ll
e
nt
rea
son or
a
w
e
tsuit.

I
diot m
a
n, she
d
ec
id
e
d.
H
e
obvious
l
y
w
a
s un
a
cc
ustom
e
d to b
e
ing
a
r
ound
Smu
gg
l
er’
s
B
a
y
a
nd its
c
h
a
n
g
ing
tid
e
s.

She
m
a
de
a
w
ide
s
w
ing
a
r
ound t
h
e
a
r
e
a
w
h
er
e
h
e
d
r
i
f
t
e
d into the
wa
v
e
s.

Sp
e
nding
the
n
e
x
t s
e
v
e
ra
l minut
e
s
g
e
tting
the
b
o
a
t
moo
re
d, she
slipp
e
d the
r
ope
th
r
o
u
g
h the
sh
ac
kle
a
nd
s
ec
u
r
e
d
t
h
e
li
ne
s.
B
y
th
a
t tim
e
, s
h
e
noti
ce
d the
m
a
n
h
a
d dis
a
pp
ea
r
e
d
e
nti
r
e
l
y
. Sudd
e
n
l
y
r
ea
li
z
ing
a
g
o
o
d t
e
n minut
e
s h
a
d
g
o
n
e
b
y
w
ithout s
ee
i
n
g
him su
r
f
ace
, she
s
ca
n
n
e
d the
wa
t
er
.
W
h
e
n she
didn

t
s
pot him, she
tu
r
n
e
d to stu
d
y
the
sho
r
e
line
in
ca
s
e
h
e
h
a
d
g
iv
e
n up
a
nd
g
one
b
ac
k to sit on the
s
a
nd.

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