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There was a knock at the back door, and the sisters exchanged a withering look

"Saved by the bell" Sorrow dashed fro who it could be Folks usually used the front door and walked right in

Unfortunately, she heard her sister’s footsteps close behind She looked over her shoulder, telling Laura in a quick, hushed voice, "Nothing is going on with Billy Da anyone that I know of, not now, not in the near future Thanks for your interest" That should shut big sister down She opened the door, and it was hi behind her, Laura chuckled "Speak of the devil"

Evil Laura was evil Devil spawn Sent to torment her

Billy’s eyes zoo up out of the low neckline like two pluather her wits, despite feeling very conscious of the cold air on her décolleté "Hi, Bill--"

But Laura’s chirpy voice cut hers off "Sheriff! What can we do you for? You here to see Sorrow?"

Billy looked suddenly wary He wasn’t duuy He probably sensed how he’d walked smack-dab into the onset of World War III "I’m always happy to see Sorrow," he said slowly, clearly thinking through his words carefully, "but I’ainst the wall, giving him a playfully saucy look "Aren’t you happy to see ht she could do it unnoticed Instead she glared

Laura was so easy with Billy, and it irked her But why? Was she jealous of how good her sister ith ood with Billy?

She realized how she’d begun to crave thein front of Laura, she asked, "What’s up?"

"I just got off duty and was grabbing a coffee when all hell broke loose" He kept his eyes on her as he added, "I’m afraid they need you at the tavern"

Of course they do "Give irl trouble and had her jeans back on in no tiue of locusts? "What is it this tirabbed her fleece and shouldered past Laura out the door

"The freezer died"

"Oh Okay" She wasn’t expecting that one Not so bad Herwho to call to get it fixed Meantime, they’d need to move the food "Can’t Sully just transfer the food to the chest freezer? We’ve got one in the garage"

"No," Billy said, "that freezer’s down, too"

"Both of our freezers?"

He nodded

Her sister piped up, "Weird" Clearly not in touch with the gravity of the situation

Sorrow shot her a look, feeling surprised and a little annoyed to find that she’d followed thele eyes boring into her and the sheriff, scrutinizing every irl was a varsity flirt, and that she was even around for this interaction made Sorrow intensely uncomfortable

"There’s more," Billy said "The food’s all spoiled The units must’ve been down for a while before anybody noticed"

That stopped her in her tracks "Crap" Hundreds of dollars in frozen patties, chicken tenders, corn dogs…all the junk her dad insisted Sully cook up; not much of it was fresh

She felt a rock settle in the pit of her stomach "All that food…that’ll cost us a fortune" And then soers these days, which meant the family relied on the tavern for incooing to feed people?"

"Can you call your distributor?" Billy asked "Have an eency delivery made?"

"We don’t really have one"

Billy pinned his eyes on her "What do you mean you don’t have a distributor?"

"Well, stuff like bread gets delivered But Dad says he doesn’t trust the distributors He likes me and Sully to pick out the meat ourselves"

"Wow," said Laura "That sucks"

"Yeah, thanks" Sorrow rubbed her teo away, she wanted to tell her sister Or help out

Having Laura there to witness this latest crisis, feeling her scrutinize every aspect of this interaction with Billy…it all made her so uncomfortable And in a way that went beyond the usual sisterly annoyance

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