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costume.
Halloween in May, maybe. What do you think?”
    “Sounds fun,” Lily said, while Leo dragged
his thoughts away from picturing Trinity in a poodle skirt, or a
sexy Halloween costume.
    “So you can call around tomorrow, looking for
a place that has projectors?” Lily asked Leo, as if he’d
volunteered.
    Leo exchanged a glance with Quinn, who was
standing close enough to hear.
    “Sure,” Leo agreed. “I hate to be a wet
blanket, but isn’t this putting off your concert series idea?”
    “We’re trying to figure out who is going to
try to contact Maddox Bradley. Most of the people who knew him when
he came in the summers have moved away, and we thought it should be
someone who knew him,” Trinity said.
    “Beth!” Lily called to the waitress walking
by. “Didn’t you live here when Maddox Bradley did?”
    Beth bobbled the loaded tray, and Quinn
swore. But she got it under control, then turned to face them. “I
knew Maddox. Why?”
    “Were you at the town hall meeting the other
day? We want him to headline a concert series. We thought he’d do
it because he spent a lot of time here, but we wanted to approach
him with a personal touch.”
    The girl blushed. “He won’t remember me. He’s
a star now.”
    “Even stars remember childhood
vacations.”
    “I wouldn’t,” Beth said with a toss of her
dark braid.
    “Is there anyone else in town who might know
him? Who might know how
    to get in touch with him?”
    “No one I can think of.”
    Lily frowned. “I guess we have to go about it
the usual way, then, go through his p.r. department.”
    “I suppose you want me to do that, too,” Leo
muttered.
    “Would you?” Lily asked with a pretty tilt to
her head, and Trinity laughed.
    Leo refused to believe he’d been manipulated.
He preferred to think he’d made the choice. “Yeah, I’ll do it.”
    She reached over and tapped her glass to his
bottle. “You’re the best.”
     
    ***
     
    Trinity watched the easy byplay between Lily
and Leo and wished she could think of something to draw his
attention. Lily was such a force of nature, no way could Trinity
compete.
    Not that she was sure competition was such a
good idea. He was damaged, widowed, distant and had more important
things to worry about than a lonely spinster who longed for a
family of her own.
    “I’m going to play some songs on the
jukebox.” Lily hopped to her feet and dragged a handful of change
from her front pocket. “Maybe someone will dance with me.” She
nudged Leo playfully with her shoulder as she passed.
    Trinity exchanged glances with Quinn who
hadn’t missed a bit of the interaction. She widened her eyes at him
in a plea. He nodded, then walked around the bar to intercept Lily
on her way to the jukebox.
    “Do you mind, Lil? I need some help with my
computer.”
    “Right now?” She frowned, and looked over her
shoulder at Trinity and Leo.
    “Yeah, while I’m thinking about it, while I’m
not that busy. Beth!” He called to the waitress. “Can you watch the
bar?”
    Without waiting for an answer, he led the way
to his office.
    “Is she really that clueless, or is she
playing hard to get?” Leo asked.
    “You know, I’m not really sure,” Trinity
said. “She doesn’t talk about him as anything other than a friend.
Maybe because she knows he’s dying to get out of her and she won’t
leave. But they’re inseparable. If she’s not here, he’s hanging
around the marina.”
    “I get the feeling she’s using me to make him
nuts. I just hope Quinn gets it, too, or he’s going to chop my
hands off.”
    Trinity smiled, but held in the sigh of
relief. At least he didn’t seem to return Lily’s flirtation. “He
might.”
    “So why doesn’t he make a move?”
    “Same reason she doesn’t, I suppose. He’s not
sticking around.”
    “So it’s more than just lust, or he wouldn’t
care. Most guys don’t.”
    She laughed.
    He picked up his glass. “I guess I shouldn’t
be talking to a preacher’s sister