“Ellie, darlin’, good to see you. You holding up okay?” Everyone asked her that. Was she? Ellie didn’t know. Nothing felt right, but parts of her still knew she’d made the right choice by breaking it off with Derek. “I think so” had become her standard reply to such questions. “I am glad to be home for a while, anyway.” She switched subjects as quickly as possible. “Gran tells me this is your last term as sheriff. Are you really going to make Martins Gap elect someone new to fill those great big shoes?” Mellows pointed to a small black gadget blinking the number 232 in red. “Says right there. New sheriff takes over in two hundred and thirty two days, whoever he is. Or she. I’m a forward-thinking guy.” “You’ve got a countdown clock?” Ellie laughed. “My granddaughter sent it to me from San Antonio. Nash says I’ve messed with it to make it run faster, but I’m amazed I got the fool thing to even turn on.”
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