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When I returned to the bar, Macie asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Who said anything is wrong?”
“And who are you talking to? Would it happen to be your best friend who knows you inside and out? Hmmm. Yes, it is. Now tell me what’s up.”
I shook my head. “I saw Rhys while I was standing in line.”
Macie glanced around. “I didn’t know he was here.”
“Well, the place is packed to the hilt.”
“Do you want to leave?” Noah asked me.
“No, but I would like some more wine.”
I downed what was left in my glass and waved at the bartender. When I tried to pay for my drink, Noah stopped me and took care of it.
“Thank you. You are a gentleman,” I said.
Macie hugged me, and then I looked toward the dance floor. Countless couples were two-stepping, reminding me of when Rhys and I had on that Friday night in June. We melted into each other so quickly and easily.
“Noah, go dance with Riley,” Macie said. “It’ll do her some good.”
He looked at me and shrugged. “You want to?”
“Why the hell not?”
We’d been dancing for a few minutes when another two-step song came on.
“Want to keep going?” he asked.
I was about to say no and that he should dance with Macie when I glanced over his shoulder and saw Rhys. He had Carrie Brooks in his arms.
“Yes, let’s keep going.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
As Chase Wright’s song “Lying with You” played, I kept my eyes on Rhys and Carrie as best as I could. Then Rhys saw me looking at them. Another hard stare came from him, and he focused back on Carrie, smiling at her and his dimples popping. I wanted to die.
When the song ended, Noah and I rejoined Macie next to the bar, and she frowned at me. “You look like you could strangle someone,” she said.
“I could. I just saw Rhys dancing with a woman.”
“Who?”
“Carrie Brooks. She’s a news reporter from Tyler who’s been gathering info on Cypress Hills to do a piece on. Did you know about her being in town and talking to Rhys?”
“No. I would’ve told you if I had.”
“Rachel knew about her and didn’t say anything to me.”
Macie sighed. “I’m sorry.”
“I saw Rhys with Carrie in town earlier. They were walking down the sidewalk on Main Street, and it was easy to see they were into each other just like a minute ago.”
“And Rhys is walking this way with her. Holy shit, she looks just like you.”
“I know.”
