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ask another person if they were single for as long as she lived,

let alone marry one of them.

Chapter 4

Dani

After Little Miss Summer walked out of the shop, Dani found

Andi at the front, sorting through mail. Her hands moved

deftly, but as soon as she sensed Dani, she paused. Dani

braced herself.

“You shouldn’t have done that,” Andi chided. She went on

slowly working envelopes over, back to the front, front to the

middle, middle over to the back. The silent slick, slick, slick of

paper was like a second wordless scolding.

“Done what?” Dani walked over and leaned against the

counter. “I didn’t even read her cards.”

Andi turned, her mouth dropping open. “What the heck took

you so long back there, then? All this time I was out here,

sweating it big time, thinking you were going to scare that girl

so bad she freaked and called the police.”

“The police?” Dani laughed. “Why would she call the

police?”

“I don’t know, Dani! I just wish that you wouldn’t…I don’t

know, that you wouldn’t judge people for coming in here full

of light and sunshine and rainbows. Sometimes, it’s okay for

people to be those things. You don’t like the customers who

are all storm clouds and scowls either.”

“So, I shouldn’t run a shop when I don’t like people?” Dani

raised a brow, but Andi knew her better than to assume she

was angry. It took a lot to get Dani there, even on the bad days.

Andi shook her head and set the mail down. “Something

like that. Anyway. It’s the happy people you dislike the most.”

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