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mouth watered as the tantalizing smell of freshly baked cinnamon buns drifted his way. With great anticipation, he watched Miss Janie drizzle icing over the warm bread.
    “Chase, are you sure you don’t mind picking up Addie?” she questioned without glancing up at him.
    Chase would do just about anything for one of her cinnamon buns. “Miss Janie, I told ya I don’t mind, and I’m gonna be in Atlanta, anyway.” His neighbor baked the best breads and pastries in the entire South, making Chase a frequent visitor.
    “That’s right, you and the boys have a…” Janie looked up and furrowed her brow. “What’d ya call it?”
    “A gig.”
    “Right. A gig.” Janie finished with the icing and reached for a spatula. “Well, Addie’s plane comes in early afternoon on Friday. Is that gonna be a problem?”
    Chase pushed away from the door jamb. “That’ll be perfect. We’re only playin’ one night and it happens to be Thursday.” Chase grinned. “We’re still not good enough for the weekend crowd at this club.”
    Janie swatted her hand in the air. “What? That’s crazy. You boys sound wonderful to me. Y’all will get your big break. Just wait and see.”
    Every time somebody brought up the failed attempt of Chasing Dreams to break into the country music scene, Chase felt an almost desperate feeling inside to stop time. He was twenty-eight, and now that he had a college degree, and a good career in graphic arts, the next step should be marriage. But while the other members of their country music band were content playing a couple of weekends a month, Chase couldn’t let go of his dream. He wanted one more chance to make it big—even if it meant going solo.
    “Miss Janie.” Chase walked toward the counter. “The guys are happy doin’ a few gigs a month.” He took the plate from Miss Janie’s outstretched hand. “Thank you.” He tore off a corner of the roll. “Besides, Drew and his wife are expectin’ another baby, and he complains about being away from his family as it is. Same with Jackson, now that he’s married.”
    Jackson McCall, his best friend since the fourth grade, had gotten married six months earlier. His goals had been the same as Chase’s until he met his wife Sydney. That realization still stung.
    Janie gave him a calculated look before her lips stretched into a big smile. “And do you have any marriage prospects?”
    Chase smiled, trying his best not to show his irritation. He would get married. Eventually. As soon as the right girl came along.
    “No, ma’am. No one yet.”
    Janie’s grin widened. “Well, maybe my Addie will turn your head. She’s a pretty little thing and needs to have her heart mended.”
    Chase was in the process of taking his first bite, but paused midway. Addie? As in the Addie he was supposed to pick up?
    “Your niece? What happened to break her heart?”
    Janie crossed her arms over her ample chest and narrowed her eyes. “Her fool fiancé broke off their engagement two weeks before the wedding. Although it’s a good thing it happened before she married the scoundrel.”
    Chase was mildly curious about what caused the break up, but didn’t ask for clarification. He knew there were always two sides to every story, and he remembered Janie’s red-headed niece. She’d been hot-tempered, even at the age of eleven. “Yes, ma’am. That is a good thing.”
    “He didn’t deserve her anyway, so I’m glad it didn’t work out.” She eyed Chase again, a speculative gleam glinting in her dark brown eyes. A look he knew all too well when someone was trying to set him up.
    Chase wasn’t interested in Janie’s fiery niece, and he seriously doubted she would be interested in him. Shoot, the last time he saw her, she’d been a couple of inches taller than him. Man, he’d hated that. And the girl rubbed it in whenever she got the chance. His growth spurt came the following year, but the redhead never returned for a visit. He was tempted to ask Janie how