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If he’d only known that decision would change the entire path of his life

Hands on hips, he peered across the darkness tohalf a football field away “What the hell?”

Caleb chuckled and glanced at Ethan for the first tirin easy and relaxed in a way Ethan wished his could be “Good to know the elite Wildwood Planning Depart that happens around here”

“Shut—”

Ethan’s “up” evaporated on his lips as soht A wo a cell phone to her ear

The sight was so odd, so wrong, so completely unexpected that Ethan threw his arms out to the sides “What the—”

“Hell,” Caleb finished for hi toward the warehouse “I was going to ask you, but I can see you’ve been about as efficient at your day job as you’ve been at brewing lately”

“Dude” Ethan cut a knock-it-off look at his friend

“Didn’t you post the demolition notice yesterday?”

“Yeah”

“I saw Phoebe in the store earlier,” Caleb said, referencing Joe’s sister, who’d stepped in to help with Joe’s daughters a few years after theirabout the property And whoever that is can’t be one of the sisters Shannon would have heard if any of the Hart girls were in town”

Finley’s Market was situated in the center of don Wildwood Caleb’s parents had gifted the store to Shannon and Caleb as a wedding present, then retired to travel The all-in-one grocery, gas station, car wash, and deli had been the hub of Wildwood forever

But hters ihts to the oldest sister of the family and memories of her deep-auburn hair worn in sleek, thick curls down the middle of her back

Delaney Hart

The tiht, and the sting of longing reative