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Georgia dodged dancers on her way back to the booth

Stephanie stirred the ice cubes in her glass and watched her approach “Jamie had to bail Issues with her sister”

At least she wouldn’t have to break the news to Ja to Jauy”

“So you didn’t know the hot cowboy Ja on about…was Tell McKay?”

Stephanie’s eyes becalasses “Seriously? Jaain, she did say she wasn’t the type to kiss and tell”

Georgia choked on her vodka tonic

“I shouldn’t be surprised That’s how kar about?”

“You Running into Tell McKay He always had a crush on you But you were too busy being Deck’s girlfriend to notice”

Wrong She had noticed But it wasn’t like she could’ve acted on it Deck had been insanely jealous, and enough bad blood had lingered between Deck and Tell in rodeo club that she hadn’t wanted to add to it

“Tell was surprised ere friends”

Stephanie shrugged “Our friendship was off the radar No biggie”

“Did that bother you?”

“Of course not Wheneach other at school, you didn’t pretend you didn’t know me I never understood what you did to earn such aniirls in our class anyway, besides their bitchy attitudes being fro the class stud You weren’t a roup You just stuck with your own crowd—RJ, Deck and his groupies Who can fault you for that? Besides, look at us now We’re still friends Can either of us say that about anyone else in our graduating class?”

“No, but that’s because you took pity on me after I divorced Deck and let me room with you in Laramie”

“It worked out for both of us What else did Tell say?”

“Nothing” After the cocktail waitress took their order, Georgia steered the conversation away fro run-in with Tell “You knoho else I ran into froie Malone She looks exactly the sa a low profile since you atory waseverything up to Barbara’s specs”

Stephanie adjusted her glasses, which ia “I don’t understand why your boss picked Sundance to open a branch office”

“It’s not a branch office Since she took over promotions for L bar K Rodeo, we have to hout the summer rodeo season Mostly to reassure the co those contracts Plus, Barbara believed my former ties to this area would work in our favor now”

“So you won’t be living here permanently?”

“No But that tidbit has to stay strictly between us You kno locals get about an out-of-state co here te up stakes”

“But it still seems bizarre and…coincidental How did a pro a s?”