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"Fine, be that way In thecute and cool and sure tothem over at Hunky Harry’s"

"Honey, all you have to do is walk into Hunky Harry’s toeveryone," Sarah assured her "Trustnow"

The lectures they gave covered topics ranging fro of the first Spaniards to British rule, Aler and the railroad, Prohibition and beyond, and they had different outfits to wear for each Today they were focused on the Seminole Wars and the Civil War So today they weren’t dressed in silk and satin as would befit a pair of Southern belles

Today they wore homespun cotton skirts and prim shirts that buttoned chastely to the neck They were middle-class women of the era, those who churned butter and milked cows And still, Caroline looked adorable Sarah had yet to see a style from any era that Caroline didn’t ell

"Why, Miss McKinley, you do go on," Caroline said with a mock simper "And rits yourself"

"Yeah, yeah, Missy-yourself, let’s just change and get out of here," Sarah said as they left the lecture hall Barry Travis, in breeches and a ho toward the door marked Cast Meish brown hair that worked well in historical context

"I hope you two can get changed quickly, because I’ the last of the book buyers out the front door, and we are officially closed," he said cheerfully

"Sarah’s not co," Caroline informed him

"Can’t," Sarah said "My house needs e that even she kne silly that sounded

"You know," he said, studying her and shaking his head, "you could have bought a nice new condo"

"There will be other nights," she said

"What if the world ends tomorrow?" Barry demanded

"My house will be one day closer to done, and Gary won’t hate ive up," Barry said "We’ll ers--oh, wait You didn’t suddenly becoetarian, did you?" he asked her

"She’s a fish-a-tarian, I believe," Caroline

"Pescatarian," Barry said

"Whatever," Caroline agreed

"Doesn’t hts of food and I won’t care Besides, I’ at Hunky Harry’s is actually succulent Anyway, have a great ti Harry didn’t hear you say that And it’s not true--the food there is good," Barry protested

"Yes, you’re right The food is very good, especially the fish But I can’t go Not tonight," Sarah said

She hurried into the woht about one thing: she should stop and pick up a six-pack Maybe a twelve-pack Gary had a few eed to escape without getting into further conversation, because when Caroline ca so hard for Will? Maybe The two of them had always liked one another, but Sarah had never seen any signs that their relationship was anything beyond friendship Then again, who knew? They said that friends made the best spouses She certainly didn’t know

She’d fallen in love once, and it had been a brief and poignant affair Clay Jenner had been a soldier They’d met in Newport News, and had quickly discovered they both loved Buddy Holly, Peggy Lee, lounge , talking, listening tohistoric sites Then he’d been deployed He’d been wonderfully ro down on one knee when the cherry blosso all over the park, and he’d offered her the diamond she noore on a chain

He hadn’t coh she would probably never get over the pain of losing hione into theand the benefits, but, as he had told her, he’d signed the paper swearing that he would obey his superior officers and defend his country It would have been nice if he could have served out his time somewhere safe, like Germany, but it hadn’t happened that way

He had been killed in a sniper attack A bullet straight through the brain He had probably never knohat had hit hirateful As her dad had told her once, everythat ht take a

Now she was glad to be holad to have moved into her house

She didn’t drive to work anymore; her house and the museum were in the area that was referred to as Old Town After stopping for a twelve-pack and walking another four blocks through enclaves of tourist-centric businesses, she was thinking that a six-pack would have been fine