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As Sarah went to slip her arms into her jacket, Bodie came over to help her

“Yeah, nice running into you here,” Sarah repeated as she zipped her jacket She azes “Such a coincidence that we bumped into each other”

Maybelle picked up her coffee, brought it to her lips, said, “Isn’t it, though?” then took a sip

When Bodie’s back was to the her eyes on them, too

All three wohed

Thanks to the help of a neighbor, Bodie got Sarah’s “perfect” tree inside Haotten the tree out of his truck and inside without additional help He’d , she’d said they’d figure so out

She’d given hiht across the street When she’d asked for his help, “Robert” had about fallen all over hi and had produced a furniture dolly that had been a godsend

“You sure this is where you want the tree?” Bodie asked while Robert and his furniture dolly were still there

Big brown eyes full of question, Sarah looked at hiood here?”

What could Bodie say? It was a tree It belonged outdoors

“Looks great, Sarah,” Robert said, looking at Sarah with googly eyes She’d said they’d gone to school together Had there once been more than friendship between them?

But that wasn’t any of Bodie’s business

“My aunt always put her tree here because you can see the lights froaze going back and forth between Robert and Bodie “Where do you think we should put it?”

Bodie glanced around the rooo without doing

“I think this spot does it”