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Chapter One

Tyree Johnson slowered at the electronic squiggles that danced across the screen He stood up so that his large body loomed over the er at the uncooperative candidate for the trash bin "Last warning You think I can't have a shiny new computer here within the hour? Just watch me"

He heard a snicker and looked up to face the tomen who stood in the doorway of his small, cluttered office in the back of his bar, The Fix on Sixth

"You laugh, but I was a Marine I kno to handle slackers There's still life in this hunk of junk It's just being obstinate"

"Are you sure you're not just being cheap?" Jenna Montgo with th red hair in a ponytail,of freckles over her fair skin seem even more prominent

Seeing her, Tyree reminded himself that The Fix wasn't solely his any, too Only a fewdaily fro his beloved bar due to a balloon note that he didn't have the cash to pay off

Then Jenna Montgomery, Reece Walker, and Brent Sinclair had stepped forward and not only helped hi side-by-side with Tyree to make sure that The Fix was solidly in the black come the end of the year That was, in fact, the condition Tyree had set when he agreed to take on his three new partners; if The Fix wasn't turning a profit by the end of the year, they would put it up for sale and split the proceeds Because no as Tyree throwing good money after bad

Hopefully, it wouldn't come to that He loved this place with its thick li bar too damn much

He'd bought the corner property on Austin's popular Sixth Street six years ago after digging himself out of a morass of depression and pain The Fix wasn't just a job--it was his life Hell, it was his resurrection A place he'd worked toward A business he loved A dreaedy had cut him off at the knees

And not just his dream; it had been a dream he'd shared with his wife, God rest her soul And it was da, he'd only been able to afford the place after Teiko's death--and the payout on her life insurance

He'd traded one love for another, but not a day went by when he wouldn't eagerly burn The Fix to the ground if it would gain him even one more day with the woman whose death had left a hole in his heart

But that was i his ass off to improve The Fix, draw inand everything to keep the bar's doors open and hi stalwart over the place that represented a dream she'd once shared

And if thatwith a crappy co to do

With a wide grin, he caught Jenna's eye and then glanced down at theover earlier now filled the screen, all bright and innocent as if it had never been a bug up his ass

"See there? All good"

"Uh-huh" Jenna exchanged an aan Clark as both women stepped all the way into the office