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By the time they reached the last hole, she’d had a ame Only three penalty strokes, which Tell offered to waive if she gave his ck three long, thorough strokes With her mouth

Heckuva deal, in her opinion

At Applebee’s, Tell insisted on sitting on the sairl lemonade and he opted for Crown and water

They talked while waiting for their food Easy conversation about their work plans for the upco week She told him about the rodeo, but decided not to e

She felt like a complete idiot that she’d es’ list Granted, his nae h her paperwork and discovered they orking at another event this suhta be a laugh riot—not

She decided to avoid ht before the actual event It wasn’t worth getting Tell’s back up or setting thee And who kneould happen between her and Tell between now and then? Maybe they’d break up

The thought of that caused her sto at su to do, but the more time she spent with Tell, the more time she wanted to spend with him And she knew if she told hihed softly and laid her head on his shoulder—just because she could

“Be honest Did you have fun today?” Tell had one arertips across her bicep

“Yes I always have a great tiht, or if we’re out at a bar, or if we’re in bed I like being with you, Tell”

He cupped his hand around her jaw, turning her face toward his Georgia expected a gentle peck, but he flipped all her switches to overload with a hungry kiss

The insistentof ain, Tell lived in the mo anything at all

“For pity’s sake, Tell McKay, what is wrong with you?”

Tell didn’t rip his mouth from hers as he ended the kiss, but everyat the end of the table

The resemblance was obvious

“Dad What are you doin’ here?”

“Didja forget I spend Sundays in Spearfish goin’ to church? Not that you’ve ever bothered to visit aze landed on Georgia “Who’re you?”

“Georgia Hotchkiss Who are you?”

“Tell’s father Not that I wanna claim him some days when he does stupid stuff like this”

Before she responded, Casper McKay slid into the opposite bench seat He scrutinized Tell “So I hadta hear fro was held last week Why didn’t one of you boys tell me?”

“Because you can’t vote, and after what happened last time, you can’t honestly be surprised”