People came from far and wide to sample the foods and sweets and to enter the contests for their animals, handmade goods, canned fruits and pickles, cakes and pies. There were the dunking booth, cakewalks, apple bobbing and the ever-popular kissing booth. Brightly colored carnival rides thril ed kids of al ages. Caitlyn had lived in many places during her twenty-eight years; she'd seen many county fairs and bazaars, and she never tired of the festive atmosphere and child-like joy the events engendered deep in her heart. She spent the day walking beside Tyler, sometimes in the company of his brothers and sisters-in-law, sometimes with Ruth or Kelsey, but much of the time they were alone, just the two of them if one didn't count the crowds of people in attendance. Al day long, she'd been hyper-aware of him walking on his crutches by her side. His big body gave off a delicious heat and his aftershave smel ed heavenly. At seven o'clock, the sun was just starting its descent toward the western horizon, but it was stil fairly high in the sky on this bright summer evening.
