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“Do I want to know?”

“The point is it gets easier. And Winter Falls won’t make you deal with them on your own.”

“Oh. I forgot.” Leia hands me a card. “This was with the casserole.”

I open the card and read it out loud. “We’re sorry we missed the paparazzi invading Winter Falls. We won’t let it happen again. You have our word. Signed, The Gossip Gals.”

“You should frame that. I bet those ladies don’t apologize very often.”

“I messed up, didn’t I?”

I thought I was all alone. I thought I had to handle everything by myself. But I don’t. Even when Dylan isn’t there, I’m not alone. He made sure I’m not.

“What am I going to do?” I wail and tears begin to well in my eyes.

Indigo taps my cheek. “First of all, no crying. Second of all, easy peasy.”

I sniff and suck the tears back into my eyes. “Easy peasy?”

“It’s grand gesture time, baby.”

“What kind of grand gesture could I possibly do? Dylan has all the money in the world. He doesn’t need anything.”

“It’s not about what he needs. It’s about showing him you love him, you choose him.”

“How do I …”

My question trails off when I realize I have the perfect idea to show Dylan how much I love him.

Chapter 33

Surprise – when someone gives you the thing you expect least in the world

Dylan

Ipace the hallway between my apartment and Ginny’s. Where is she? She finished work and closed up the library over two hours ago. And she’s not at any other establishment in Winter Falls. Trust me. I know. I’ve had all of them checked.

I’m frantic. The band is frantic.

Ginny is missing.

I dig out my phone and dial Peace.

“You can’t report her missing,” he says upon answering. “No matter how many times you call and bother me.” I may have called him a few times already.

“But she is missing. No one knows where she is.”

“Someone must know where she is. Have you asked all of her friends?”

“Indigo isn’t answering her phone. Her boss said she left work at the usual time. And no one in town has seen her.”

“I’ll hop in a patrol car and drive around again but I’m certain she’ll turn up soon.”

“Easy for you to say. It’s not the woman you love who’s missing.”

He sighs. “I’d put a tracker on Olivia if she let me.”

A tracker? Good idea. I can put a gizmo in a necklace or a ring. Yeah, a ring’s better. Although, there’s no way Ginny will accept a ring from me at the moment. Her behavior over the past few days – sneaking in and out of the apartment building to avoid seeing me – doesn’t exactly screambuy me a ring!

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