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not disguising the surprise in my voice.   "When did this happen?"
    Luke had always had a thing for Tanya but never had the sack to pursue it.   I was happy for him, but I felt like an even bigger fool for believing there could be anything between Monday and Luke.   How could I have forgotten how much Luke had loved the raven-haired beauty before me?   But then I never could understand how anybody could fail to be in love with Monday.  
    "I popped the question about a year ago." Luke grinned.  
    "Which you would have known if you could be bothered to call home once in a while." Tanya's eyes narrowed at me.   I hung my head and stared at the floor and flushed.   "Monday called over here last night and filled me on what's been going on.   I ought to smack you upside the head for thinking that my Luke would do you dirty like that. If I ever get my hands on that Madison, I'm gonna set her ears ringing for a week for spreading filthy lies.   She was always green with envy whenever you and Monday were together."
    "I still shouldn't have believed her," I muttered, my cheeks heating from embarrassment, lifting my gaze to meet Luke's.   His expression was tight and I knew that I had wounded his pride.   "I'm sorry, Luke.   I should have known better.   You're the best friend I ever had, and I sure turned out to be a piss poor one in the end."
    Luke just shook his head and walked to my side, clasping my shoulder in his hand the way his Dad used to do to us both when we had fucked up and he wanted to impress upon us the severity of our actions.   "It's water under the bridge.     But still, I wish you would have just called me, or at least picked up the phone when I called.   It would have saved everyone a whole lot of heartache in the end."
    I rubbed my face with both hands.   "Yeah, well, hindsight and all that.   I'm happy for you and Tanya.   You have no idea how good it is to see you both.   I missed ya'll a lot more than I thought I would.   So when is the wedding?"
    "May." Tanya smiled and settled herself on a chair across from me.   "As sorry as I am for the reasons you finally came home, it sure saved us on airfare."
    I looked at her questioningly.
    "I was going to fly up there and put the invitation in your hand myself." Luke grinned.   "You think I could get married without you at my side?   Even if I had to drag your sorry behind all the way back here I was going to do it, so why don't you save us both the hassle and come of your own free will.   Traditionally the shotgun should be held on the groom, but don't think I won't use it on the best man."
    I snorted.   "I'll be here, no kidnapping necessary.   I just wish fixing things with Monday was this easy." My heart dropped when I realized there was a good chance I couldn't fix things with Monday.   What if she never forgave me?   Would I have to keep moving through life with this hole in my chest like I had been doing?  
    I thought of the women that had tried to take her place over the years.   None had ever come close.   Even when I thought she had betrayed me, I could never give another my heart, not when it wasn't mine to give.  
    Luke gave Tanya a meaningful look and she muttered something about needing to check on dinner and left the room.   He sat down on one couch and I sat down across from him, bracing myself for whatever he had to say. My heart sped up as the worst case scenarios started rolling through my mind.  
    What if she loved someone else?   Obviously not Luke, but that didn't mean that any of the other guys in town wouldn't have jumped at a chance with Monday once they knew I was out of the picture.   It had only been the knowledge that I would have buried them somewhere on the back forty of my property that had kept them away when we were growing up.  
    "So am I right in assuming that you want Monday back?"
    I nodded.   I didn't just want Monday back, I needed her as much as I needed air.  
    "The good news is that