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    In an attempt to get those thoughts out of her head, she turned on the old stereo in the dash. It didn’t even have a CD player in it, let alone a plug for her iPhone. How had Mae still not gotten one?
    Sidney tried to let the fuzzy country song relax her while she kept driving. She wasn’t even in the mood to try and find a better station, though she didn’t know why she was so pissy. Okay, besides the fact that her car had gotten stolen, she had blown a job opportunity, gotten dumped, and then her old best friend had looked at her like he wished he’d never see her again. Those were actually some pretty good reasons to be bitchy.
    It didn’t take long to get to Lucky’s. Hell, it didn’t take long to get much of anywhere in Shamrock Falls. The road she took for most of the drive was secluded and woodsy, which described a lot of Shamrock Falls. Once you got into town there were a few main streets, old buildings that looked like they belonged in one of those quaint towns you saw on TV or postcards.
    She didn’t worry about locking the truck, knowing it wouldn’t disappear on her like her car back home, and then headed into the old white building.
    She couldn’t believe it was still here. Lucky’s kids didn’t live around here, and so when Lucky passed away, they left it to rot. Which was sad. Everyone had loved Lucky’s. Kade had loved it.
    Her heels clicked on the concrete as she walked toward the door. When she got inside she saw a group of men working toward the back.
    “Sidney!” a shaky old voice said. That voice could only belong to one person.
    “Shakes!” Sidney squealed. Shakes was Shamrock Falls to her. He was that guy everyone loved. From the story she’d been told, his wife had left him when he was really young and he’d never married again. After that, everyone just sort of took care of him. He used to be out there in the streets playing night games with her group of friends when they were younger, like a big kid himself. If there was something important going on in Shamrock Falls, Shakes was in the middle of it. He loved the town the way Kade did…maybe more.
    Shakes wobbled over to Sidney and she gave him a hug. He was probably in his seventies by now, but that’s not where his shaking came from. He’d always been the type to get really excited and when he did, he got…well, shaky.
    “As I live and breathe. Our little star is back in town.”
    A small thrill of excitement shot through her. It matched that same feeling she got when she acted.
    Shakes smiled at her with a missing tooth and Sidney’s happiness morphed into a frown. Not because of the tooth, but because he looked so happy for her. Like he was proud of what she’d done, when in reality, she was anything but a star.
    “Stop it, Shakes! And I’m not in town for good. Just for a month, and then I need to get back to work.” At her waitressing job.
    Shakes winked. “That’s what you think, kiddo. No one can stay away from here for long.”
    His wife had. Sidney opened her mouth to tell him he was wrong, but too quickly, he turned around and wobbled away again.
    He was wrong about her. He had to be.
    Sidney hung a right, away from the sawdust and a few sexy, sweaty men Shakes now joined. She walked toward the old bar/diner where Rowan told her she would be. She spotted her red-headed friend behind a long counter, messing with one of the lights that hung from the ceiling.
    Sidney’s steps faltered a little, and nerves tickled her belly. This was one of her best friends. Even though she hadn’t seen her in five years, nerves had no business here. Sidney couldn’t control the smile that spread across her face. She didn’t know why, but she hadn’t expected it to feel this good to see her friend again. “What are you doing up there, Freckles?”
    Rowan turned to face her, a smile on her face, too. In typical Rowan fashion, she screamed. “AHHHH! I can’t believe you’re home!”
    No, she wasn’t home , but