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around, gardeners and laborers worked, intent on transforming the garden and putting up numerous marquees.
“I can’t believe you’re getting married,” I said, turning toward my sister. She raised a glass of champagne to her lips before turning back to me.
“I can’t believe I’m getting married here, and that you came back,” she said with a smile.
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world. It’s going to be a spectacle,” I concluded, as I watched the workers frantically trying to set up for the wedding of the century.
“You wouldn’t believe who I had lunch with yesterday,” Christina teased.
“Who?”
“Skye.”
Her words hit me like a ton of bricks. All the emotion that I had kept under lock and key started to bubble in the pit of the stomach. That was twice in one day that I had thought about Skye.
“Oh yeah?” I asked, trying to sound casual. “What’s she up to these days?” Christina paused for a moment before turning to look at me.
“You know, she was so damn mysterious about it all. I wouldn’t have a damn clue.”
Why hadn’t I thought about this before? Of course, Skye would have been invited to Christina’s wedding. The two of them were inseparable growing up and had only talked about their wedding day nonstop for nearly a decade.
“Is she coming to the wedding?” I asked, trying to sound nonchalant. Now that I knew she was in town, I was going to find Skye Flynn, and finally get the answers that I damn-well needed. Why had she broken it off with me, and why didn’t she have the guts to say it to my face.
“Well, that’s the damn strangest thing. I asked her to come, and she said she was busy!”
“You know Skye, she’s always got a hair in the wind, but she wouldn’t miss it for the world. So, is she staying in town?”
Christina shrugged. “Why the sudden interest in Skye? Actually, she didn’t say where she lived or if she was even livin’ back here.”
“No interest at all. I just find it strange that your high school best friend wouldn’t want to come to your wedding. It is the wedding of the century,” I teased, trying to deflect Christina from my questioning.
“You’re right. She’s like that. She’ll come anyway…”
Christina chatted away excitedly about all her plans for the wedding, but her voice faded into the distance. There was only one thing on my mind and that was Skye. This was a small town, and there were only so many places to hide.
Chapter Five
I scrubbed the table furiously, my hand flying across its surface, trying to scrub the stains of some unknown sauce in preparation for the next set of customers. I didn’t hear the quiet hush that came over Mitchell’s, my thoughts once again anywhere but here. It was only when I felt a presence over me that I looked up to realize that a hush had fallen over the diner. Turning slowly, I was not prepared for who I saw standing behind me.
“Hello, Skye,” Luke said with a wolfish grin. I felt the blood drain from my face, and I felt like I was going to pass out. “They told me you still worked here.”
“Who?” I managed to stammer.
“Just about everybody, and your folks, though they were none too happy to see me. Just muttered something about being a sinner and slammed the door right in my face.”
“Sounds about right,” I whispered, looking straight at the floor. I couldn’t meet his gaze. All the feelings and emotions that I had pushed down deep inside me bounded toward the surface, clambering over one another to be the first to emerge.
“Can we sit for a minute?” He was standing so close to me now that I could feel the heat of his breath on my neck.
“I can’t. I’m at work, Luke.” I bit back furiously, anger being the first to emerge. How dare he turn up like this. I could feel the stares of the customers as they watched big shot Luke Wallace talking to a small town girl like me.
“I’m sure you have time for a break,” he took the choice away from
“I can’t believe you’re getting married,” I said, turning toward my sister. She raised a glass of champagne to her lips before turning back to me.
“I can’t believe I’m getting married here, and that you came back,” she said with a smile.
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world. It’s going to be a spectacle,” I concluded, as I watched the workers frantically trying to set up for the wedding of the century.
“You wouldn’t believe who I had lunch with yesterday,” Christina teased.
“Who?”
“Skye.”
Her words hit me like a ton of bricks. All the emotion that I had kept under lock and key started to bubble in the pit of the stomach. That was twice in one day that I had thought about Skye.
“Oh yeah?” I asked, trying to sound casual. “What’s she up to these days?” Christina paused for a moment before turning to look at me.
“You know, she was so damn mysterious about it all. I wouldn’t have a damn clue.”
Why hadn’t I thought about this before? Of course, Skye would have been invited to Christina’s wedding. The two of them were inseparable growing up and had only talked about their wedding day nonstop for nearly a decade.
“Is she coming to the wedding?” I asked, trying to sound nonchalant. Now that I knew she was in town, I was going to find Skye Flynn, and finally get the answers that I damn-well needed. Why had she broken it off with me, and why didn’t she have the guts to say it to my face.
“Well, that’s the damn strangest thing. I asked her to come, and she said she was busy!”
“You know Skye, she’s always got a hair in the wind, but she wouldn’t miss it for the world. So, is she staying in town?”
Christina shrugged. “Why the sudden interest in Skye? Actually, she didn’t say where she lived or if she was even livin’ back here.”
“No interest at all. I just find it strange that your high school best friend wouldn’t want to come to your wedding. It is the wedding of the century,” I teased, trying to deflect Christina from my questioning.
“You’re right. She’s like that. She’ll come anyway…”
Christina chatted away excitedly about all her plans for the wedding, but her voice faded into the distance. There was only one thing on my mind and that was Skye. This was a small town, and there were only so many places to hide.
Chapter Five
I scrubbed the table furiously, my hand flying across its surface, trying to scrub the stains of some unknown sauce in preparation for the next set of customers. I didn’t hear the quiet hush that came over Mitchell’s, my thoughts once again anywhere but here. It was only when I felt a presence over me that I looked up to realize that a hush had fallen over the diner. Turning slowly, I was not prepared for who I saw standing behind me.
“Hello, Skye,” Luke said with a wolfish grin. I felt the blood drain from my face, and I felt like I was going to pass out. “They told me you still worked here.”
“Who?” I managed to stammer.
“Just about everybody, and your folks, though they were none too happy to see me. Just muttered something about being a sinner and slammed the door right in my face.”
“Sounds about right,” I whispered, looking straight at the floor. I couldn’t meet his gaze. All the feelings and emotions that I had pushed down deep inside me bounded toward the surface, clambering over one another to be the first to emerge.
“Can we sit for a minute?” He was standing so close to me now that I could feel the heat of his breath on my neck.
“I can’t. I’m at work, Luke.” I bit back furiously, anger being the first to emerge. How dare he turn up like this. I could feel the stares of the customers as they watched big shot Luke Wallace talking to a small town girl like me.
“I’m sure you have time for a break,” he took the choice away from
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