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pitcher of beer from the middle of the table and filled an empty glass. “I get people like that sometimes. Thank God, not very often.” She took a healthy swallow of the amber liquid and sighed with pleasure. “Just what I needed.”
    Charity Vance raised her hand and waved it at the bar. “Oh, Liam! Could we have a refill here, pretty please?”
    “Your husband doesn’t need to wait on us,” Jinx Cross said in a low voice. “We’re all capable of getting our own drinks.”
    Charity grinned. “I know, but the bar’s pretty empty, and I’d hate for him to have nothing to do.”
    “You’re an evil, cruel woman.” Liam limped over to the table and set a full pitcher down in the center. “You’ll probably have to pay for that later,” he said.
    She gave him a look Nida could only call heated. “Promises, promises.”
    Liam gave her a quick kiss on her mouth before taking his place behind the bar again.
    “You are one lucky chick,” she told her friend and then looked around the table. “All of you.”
    “So tell us about the gorgeous man you sent over to the B&B.” Georgie Hannigan cocked an eyebrow. “Apparently, he’s going to buy Cade’s old place?”
    Nida gave a nod. “So it seems.” She studied her friend. “Cade’s okay with hearing about it, right?”
    “Honey, Cade has moved on so far from the person he was when the ranch was sold off, he barely even thinks about it.”
    “It’s a good thing you took him off the market, or he’d be a hot commodity these days. He’s turned out to be every woman’s dream man. Anyway, I know he’ll make Mac feel real comfortable.”
    Georgie grinned. “Mac, huh? Do you always call your clients by their first names?”
    Nida waved a dismissive hand in the air. “You know how friendly we are here in Saddle Wells. We don’t stand on ceremony.”
    “Oh, I don’t know,” Cyn Orosco broke in. “You were pretty formal with me until I told you I was divorced and not to keep calling me Mrs. Dellinger.”
    Nida took another long drink from her glass, acutely aware that everyone was staring at her.
    “What?” she asked, lowering the glass. “So I called him by his first name. No big deal.”
    Except she hadn’t been able to get the man out of her mind.
    “How much do you know about him?” Georgie asked. “Cade’s curious why someone wants to buy what’s left of that place. Of course, he’s glad the Hannigan name will finally be taken off the property.” She grinned. “I think we both bless the day he came to the B&B looking for work.”
    “I hear you loud and clear,” Amy told her. “No one is more surprised than I am at the man he is now. Cade Hannigan, upstanding citizen. Who’d a thunk it?” Then she winked at Georgie. “That’s some love story to tell your kids.”
    “So when does the deal take place?” Georgie asked.
    “Tomorrow.” Nida took a sip of water. “I’m calling the tax assessor’s office first thing and setting it up.” Nida took a sip of her drink.
    “So what’s this Mac’s story? He has an air about him that’s…oh, I don’t know, maybe tragic?”
    Nida sighed. “He didn’t tell me anything, and I didn’t feel it was my place to pry.”
    “But?” Amy prompted. “Come on. I know you and your curiosity. Besides, you always check out your clients so you don’t end up with some looney toon or convicted felon.”
    “I wouldn’t even share this except I got it off the internet and anyone can find it.”
    “So come on and give.”
    “Well.” She leaned forward. “About four months ago, his twin sister was killed in an accident. Some jerk going too fast smacked the rear end of her car and drove it into a tree. The air bag deployed but the impact jerked her head so hard it broke her neck.”
    “Holy shit,” Georgie said in a low voice. “What a tragedy. I hope they got the guy.”
    “Well,” Nida told them, “that’s a depressing part of the story. No one’s ever been arrested. He drove off and