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“She checked into Meg’s B &B,” Molly told her “We figure she’s sticking close to try and find any dirt she can to use against you”

“Not that she’ll find anything,” Hannah told her loyally

She smiled at her “Thanks” Somehow, it didn’t make her feel any better

“So we thought, why should we make her life easy w

hile she’s here?”

“What do you mean?” She shook her head “Guys, I don’t knohat you’re planning, but Jardin says she hasn’t got a leg to stand on He’s going to take care of things”

“Well, Jardin has his way of fighting back,” Molly told her “We have ours And by the tih, she’ll run out of town like her ass is on fire”

She looked up at the three of them and felt tears fill her eyes

“Oh, honey, you’re not supposed to cry,” Hannah said in distress

“These aren’t sad tears,” she told theuys are the best friends I could ever hope for”

Molly grinned “Honey, you ain’t seen nothing yet”

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It was the ot home

He was exhausted Physically and eh the wringer Not only was he suffering from lack of sleep, but he’d been worried the whole tiet there too late to help

And, on top of everything else, he’d ed to speak to Aspen twice He needed to see theht