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Stunned by the realization, she flipped open the menu “What’s the special? Roast beef?”

Kylie grinned “Sreen beans loaded with bacon bits”

Brooke’s eyes rolled to the back of her head in mock ecstasy “Perfect After that, I’ll have an excuse to run five miles in the rain”

“When did you ever need an excuse?” Kylie propped her elbows on the counter and leaned forward “I heard you’re starting a youth program for the community”

Brooke’s pulse jumped “Where did you hear that?”

Kylie lifted a shoulder “Here and there You kno Clayton is If you think too hard, we’ll hear you in the café So, are you or not? It’s a great idea The school would probably let you use the gyue for basketball and baseball or roups” She took a breath “How about tennis? And in the winter, you could teach kids to ski and snowboard”

“Whoa, Kylie” Brooke held up a hand “I told Reverend West I’d give the idea soht That’s all”

“Oh” Kylie wilted “Too bad Everyone has been so excited about it”

“There’s that much talk already?”

“What else are we going to talk about in Clayton? Well, except the mine Vincent said there have been some problems and they may have to shut down”

Trying not to react to the mention of her troublesome cousin, Brooke said, “Shut down? That’s the first I’ve heard of anything that serious”

“Well, you should know, being close to Gabe Wesson” She gave Brooke’s shoulder a little push “He’s a babe, isn’t he?”

“Yeah, I guess he is” There was no guessing to it He was a babe, as Kylie put it, and she missed him She was pathetic Gabe left town for one day and she couldn’t stop watching the road for his Hum on the horizon?”