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mentioned you'd be
here. Welcome to the town, both of you."
    "Can I ask, just out of curiosity, how much is the
bracelet?" Ben said.
    Lucretia wrote a figure on the back of one of her
cards. Ben looked at it and his eyes widened slightly.
    "Good to know, good to know," he said.
    "We'd better get on with our walk around the
square," Rose said, taking off the bracelet. "It was great to meet you,
Lucretia."
    "It was nice to meet both of you, too. I'm sure
I'll see you again."
    They left the little shop and, once outside, Rose
turned to Ben. "You have to tell me. How much was it?"
    He shook his head. "You really don't want to
know."
    "That much?"
    "Oh, yeah."
    They walked along that side of the square and
peered into a few shops. Then they went on and ended up in front of Grainger's
Hardware.
    "Let's go in. You can meet Frank Grainger.
Remember, his daughter Anna is married to my brother Sam," Rose said.
    They walked into the store and Frank saw them
immediately.
    "Rose! How are you this fine day? Who's that with you?"
    "This is Ben Sterling, the actor and photographer
I was telling you about last night. Ben, this is Frank Grainger."
    Frank shook Ben's hand. "Nice to meet you, Ben.
You're here to do the summer play?"
    "That's right, Mr. Grainger."
    "You can call me Frank. Everyone does."
    "This store looks like it has...everything," Ben
said, looking around.
    Frank chuckled. "Yeah, I pretty much do have
everything here. Anything I can get you?"
    "We just stopped in to say hello, Frank. We're
walking around the square this morning," Rose said.
    "Actually, there is something," Ben said. "Where
are the best places for picture-taking around here? I figure you must know the
prettiest spots since you've been here a while."
    Frank smiled. "Yes, I surely have been here a
while. The cliffs near Holly and Jason's house and the beach around Sam and
Anna's beach house are some of the prettiest places around. Then there's the
artist colony. They've done some amazing stuff up there with the landscaping
and architecture."
    "What artist colony?" Rose asked.
    "Yeah, an artist colony sounds like something you
normally wouldn't find in a small town like this," Ben said.
    Frank shook his head. "I forgot you weren't up on
things around here Rose, what with your med—modeling career. The family has a
foundation that has been working to set up an artist colony. We're the ones who
got the Playhouse finished. The first small bungalows have been built for the
artists to live in. Here, let me draw you a map on how to get there."
    While he got out a pen and paper and began drawing
a map, explaining the directions to Ben, Rose wandered around. She liked the
feel of the store, so jam-packed with merchandise yet easy to walk around in.
She was relieved that Frank had remembered about her being a model instead of a
doctor. Smiling to herself, she knew she was being silly doing this, but she
needed it. Putting on another persona was a relief.
    "Rose? You ready to go?" Ben called.
    "Yes. I'm sure I'll see you soon, Frank. I'll be back
to look around. I know you have something here that I need."
    He laughed. "Most everyone does find that to be
true eventually. You two have fun."
    They went back out into the warming morning air.
The sky was a brilliant blue and the day felt to Rose like a shiny gift. She
whirled around on the spot, arms stretched wide, laughing.
    She stopped, to find Ben watching her with a look
in his eyes that warmed her insides down to her toes. Those blue eyes of
his...the look was like a caress.
    "Uh, I just felt happy," she said.
    "I wish I'd brought my camera. We have to get that
in a photo. Your face was amazing."
    She felt her cheeks heating up in a blush. "Come
on. Let's go see what's in the yarn shop."
    "I'm gonna bet it's...yarn," he said with a grin.
    They went into the shop and met Violet who was a
huge fan of Ben Sterling, the actor.
    "I've seen everything you've been in, Ben, and I
think you're going to be extremely famous someday