Had it only been forty hours since she first arrived in town? Hard to believe. In some ways it seemed like a lifetime ago. Everywhere she looked, families stood around in secure little knots. One man perched a small boy on his shoulders and she couldn’t take her eyes off the two of them. Loneliness cut through her. If God was good enough to ever bless her with children, that was the kind of father she hoped they would have, knock on wood. “Miss Parker!” Hearing her name, she turned and smiled. Never did she think she’d seen a more welcome sight. “Eddie! What are you doing here?” “We came to say good-bye,” he said. “Who’s we?” she asked. “That would be me.” Sheriff Garrett stepped from behind a post and laid a hand on Eddie’s shoulder. “I . . .” He cleared his throat. “You really ought to do something for that throat of yours, Sheriff.”
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