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for dinner. “I had planned to wait until dessert to propose.” Pride and happiness made him feel like Superman. He couldn’t wait to return to their room and get her naked. “I’m one lucky guy,” he said, drawing her close to his side. “Love you like crazy.”
    “Me too, Jason.” She sniffed. “I guess it’s true.”
    “What’s that, sweetheart?”
    “Cruises and romance go together like peanut butter and jelly.” She twined her fingers with his as the elevator came to a stop on their deck.
    He guided her across a tiled section of flooring, around an orange warning cone. “Like crackers and cheese,” he agreed, looking once again like a happy idiot. “Like you and me.”

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Coming in October 2015
    Wesley set his broom aside and checked the wall clock. Almost the end of his shift. As soon as Langford & Lovejoy’s day crew arrived, he’d head to the Perfect Diner for his daily dose of Carlie, the diner’s pretty assistant manager. The food wasn’t bad, either. Anticipation thrummed through him, bringing a grin to his face.
    “You do that every morning,” Ken grumbled. “It’s creepy.”
    Wes’s smile widened. Ken was always grumpy at the end of his shift. He ought to know, since he’d been supervising the overnight crew of furniture finishers here in the small town of Perfect, Indiana, for a year and a half now. “Grinning is creepy?”
    “It is when you do it every single morning at exactly the same time,” Ken groused. “Makes me think you’re up to something.”
    “Nah, bro. It’s not creepy. That’s just your paranoia talkin’.” Miguel slapped Ken on the shoulder. “Wes is just smiling ’cause he’s gonna go see his girl soon.”
    Wes walked over to his dog’s bed and scratched the old German Shepherd behind the ears. Rex had already had his trip outside. He’d be fine here for a while. “I don’t have a girl.”
    “Right. Have it your way.” Miguel chuckled and shook his head. “It takes a woman to put that stupid smile on most men’s faces. But I guess for you all it takes is eggs and bacon. How about I join you for breakfast this morning?”
    “Sure, but won’t your wife be upset when you don’t come home for the breakfast she’ll have waiting for you?”
    “Good point.” Miguel patted his flat belly. “Nobody cooks like my Celia. Guess I’ll head home after all.”
    The back door swung wide, letting in a blast of early November air. “Morning,” Ted Lovejoy said, holding the door open for his fiancée, Cory.
    “Hey, Ted, Cory.” Wes did his customary once-over on Cory to make sure everything was good with her. Her radiant expression said it all. She was doing well and continuing to heal from the trauma she’d suffered at the hands of her staff sergeant a couple of years ago.
    He and Cory had grown up in the same trailer park on the south side of Evansville, and he’d always looked out for her. She and his youngest sister were best friends and had been since the day Cory and her mother moved into the park. “How are the wedding plans coming along?”
    “I’m glad you brought it up,” she said, taking him by the arm. “Come with me. I have a favor to ask.”
    His stomach rumbled, but this was Cory. Hunger could wait. She led him to the storefront, dropped his arm and fished around inside the purse she carried over her shoulder.
    Pulling out a thick, butter-colored envelope, she turned a hopeful look his way. “This is your invitation to our wedding. I’ve talked it over with my mom, and she agrees. You’re like a brother to me, Bunny,” she said, reverting to his childhood nickname. “You’re the reason I have my job here. If it weren’t for you, Ted and I wouldn’t have met. I don’t know what I would’ve done without you in my life.” Her voice quavered. “Will you walk me down