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was more than likely single from the lack of a ring or mention of a husband.
    Turning her attention back to her young charge, she pulled out a chair at one of the small tables. “Have a seat. I’ll get us some cookies, and you can tell me all about yourself.”
    A half hour went by before the door opened again. From the smile on Melissa’s face, Krista could tell it had been a successful mission.
    “Found it?” she asked anyway.
    Melissa waved the phone in the air. “Yes.” Her face glowed as she cast an adoring glance back at Shane. “It was right in the wagon.”
    So then what took so long? She could guess, but didn’t want to.
    As the woman crossed the room to her daughter, Krista raised an eyebrow at Shane. He grinned; she rolled her eyes.
    “Come on, honey. We have to get home.” A cornflower blue gaze lifted to Krista. “Thank you both again so much. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.” She smiled at Shane once more and turned away.
    He followed. “I’ll call you tomorrow,” he said, closing the door slowly behind them.
    And two more females fall under his charm. Krista could have gagged as she turned away and started to pick up. Seconds later, Shane turned off the lights and drenched her in almost complete darkness.
    “Sheez, you could at least let me finish before you turn everything off,” she complained.
    He threw her jacket at her. “You’d keep poking around for another twenty minutes. I want to get going.”
    “Nobody said you had to wait for me. I’m perfectly capable of locking everything up and leaving.” Even so, she stepped outside.
    “Yeah, I’ve watched how you lock your house at night. I’m going to watch my mother’s business a bit more carefully than you do.”
    “First of all, it’s not just your mother’s business, it’s mine too.” She zipped her jacket and pulled her gloves out of her pockets. “And second, it’s not my fault. Your new friend conveniently dropped her phone and had to come back.”
    “What’s that supposed to mean?”
    She walked in front of him toward their parked cars. “Odd that she dropped an expensive phone like that, then came back for it to find it, oh yeah, not even damaged because it was tucked neatly under the hay.”
    Shane chuckled. “You could be right, but who am I to complain? I got her number and a promise for a date.”
    “Yeah, well, don’t ask me to baby sit. I’m busy,” she snipped, not sure if she was annoyed at Melissa for staging everything to get to know Shane or at him for not minding. Did women really think they had to play games to get his attention? He definitely wasn’t worth it.
    “No need for a babysitter. I’m taking them both out.”
    “The way to the mommy’s bed is by being nice to the kid, right?”
    “It’s not like that. Brittany’s cute, and she happens to like me. Besides, I don’t think I need to use anyone to impress Melissa. She thinks I’m a real hero for helping her find the phone.”
    “Of course she does. Everyone thinks Shane Donovan is a superhero.”
    Krista opened her car door and turned back. With the big harvest moon behind him, his face was half-shadowed. Okay, sure, Shane looked the part of a romance hero, but then she’d never said he wasn’t a good-looking guy—just an annoying one.
    As she slid behind the wheel, he held the door and leaned in. “Now, I never said superhero, but if that’s what you think…”
    He was so full of himself. How could anyone stand to be around him for more than two minutes?
    She yanked on the door. “Not hardly. Remember, I’m the one girl in this town who is completely immune to you and your superhero powers.”
    His laugh echoed in her ears as she slammed the door and pulled down the driveway leaving him standing in the dark.

Chapter Three
    Climbing the steps to his house, Shane couldn’t wait to change out of his uniform and sit down with a cold beer. The morning frost had given way to a beautiful fall day, but he had spent