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“But—”
I jingle her keys. “I’ll call you when we figure out the rattling noise, okay, Sara?”
She exhales, giving up. “Okay, fine. I’ll ask you again later.”
“I won’t be interested later, either…”
“You might be!”
“Nope. Bye, Sara.”
“Bye!”
I wait until she steps outside. “Okay, you saw that, right?” I twist toward Tucker. “Tell me you saw that.”
“I saw that,” he says, nodding slowly. “Since when does she try and set you up with her friends?”
“Exactly...”
He snaps his fingers. “You know what it is?”
“What?” I ask. “Please, dear God, tell me what the hell this is.”
“It’s almost February.”
“So?”
“So… Valentine’s Day.” He points outside. “The party committee just started putting up pink hearts and red ribbons all over the place out there.”
I glance out the windows and notice the ribbons attached to the parking meters on the street surrounding the town square.
“You think that’s it?” I ask, frowning.
“Yeah.” He nods. “Looks to me like the single ladies are trying to lock you down for the annual dance.”
I think it over. “Maybe...” I turn toward the garage and Tucker blocks my way.
“Whoa, where you going?” he asks.
I hold up Sara’s keys. “I’m bringing her car around.”
He snatches them from me. “I’ll do that. You’re on desk duty. Just sit down and bask in this glorious attention you’re receiving.”
I stare into his twitching eyes. “Tucker, what’s really going on?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He spins around and bolts through the door into the garage.
The entrance chimes and Coach Rogers walks up to the counter. “Hello, William!” he says.
I reluctantly head back to the counter. “Hey, Coach.”
“The wife says the van’s ready.”
“It is.” I nod, turning to snatch his keys off the rack on the wall.
His eyes narrow as I set them down. “You’re looking a bit on the downside lately. Something troubling you?”
