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“Oh.” She collected her things. “I’ll be right down. What do you want to discuss?”

“We need to talk about you, Jimmy, and the spell.”

“Ah.” She ensured she had everything, picked up her keys and left the apartment. She checked she’d locked the door, then raced downstairs. The longer she left Sarah in the parking lot, the more Sarah risked getting her car keyed or worse.

Sarah had parked under the awning. She waved.

Karey joined her in the front seat. “You should circle the lot.”

“I should, but the guy over there was staring at me, so this felt safer,” Sarah said and drove away. “When are you moving?”

“When my credit rating recovers.” She tucked her bag between her knees. “It’s still crappy. I need to raise it to get a better place.”

“Jesus.” Sarah pulled into the traffic.

“Well? What about the spell?” She hated to be left waiting.

“Oh. Yeah. So you chose Jimmy, right?”

“I did.”

“You like him?”

“I do.” A lot.

“He likes you?”

“I spent all weekend with him -- does that answer your question?”

“It does.”

“We’re on day five since we hooked up.” Karey watched the traffic. “Two days left -- unless you know something I should know.”

“Well…” Sarah parked in front of the bookstore. “The thing is, I don’t know if you’ll stay together.”

“Does anyone really know?” She’d been jilted enough.

“True, but I mean, you’re the first one to enact the magic. You connected,” Sarah said. “No one else pitched a name into the fire and fessed up about it.”

“I was?” She thought she’d seen Nikki toss hers in.

“You were. Everyone else claims they chickened out.”

“Lovely.” She knew this would happen. She’d been told about the conversation between Jimmy and Kurt. “So what happens next? Do we split?”

“I’m not sure.” Sarah switched off the engine. “According to the spell book, you will meet within seven days and have seven days to fall in love.”

“So fourteen days?” She liked that idea. “Give me the rest of the details.”

“The way I read it, you get seven days from the meeting. No extensions.”

“I see.” Then she and Jimmy were back to two days left. “Then we get it.”

“Is it possible you love him?”

“I don’t know.”

“Karey.” Sarah parked in front of the bookstore.

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