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can’t really control who you fall in love with, can you. Maybe, I said he’ll find someone else. I don’t know. I panicked and ran.”
    “You ran away? Wow. You dropped that crap on her then bolted. Nice.”
    “Hey, you’re supposed to be on my side. How was I supposed to know? Besides, you’re forgetting she was going out on him. With his best friend, no less. She’s not exactly an angel.”
    When a couple walked to the desk and waited, she stopped speaking and smiled. Had they heard the story? God, she hoped not. It was way too much drama for a business. “Can I help you?”
    Thirty minutes passed before they’d selected their purchase and left. She was thankful to think about something other than Carter and his ex for a while. Still, she couldn’t shake the shitty feeling in the pit of her stomach.
    Caroline waltzed up to her as soon as the door closed behind the couple. “You can’t tell him.”
    “I said I would. I told him I’d tell him what happened when I delivered it.”
    “So, you guys are meeting again about the hate flowers? Geeze, what a screwed up way to date a guy. How’s this going to happen? Another fancy dinner and more mojitos?”
    “Um, well, I’m not sure because we didn’t exchange numbers. He knows where I
live and work, but I know nothing about him.”
    Caroline got in her face and dropped her hands to her hips. “You like this guy, right?”
    “Yeah, he was nice. Fun.”
    “Then you can’t tell him his girlfriend ditched him for his best friend. Make something up. Anything. Don’t let
that
come from you. He’ll figure it out eventually.”
    “If he hasn’t already.”
    Badeep deep.
    Her cell signaled a message and Abby realized she hadn’t bothered to look at it since the night before. “Shit, I forgot to get back to the random text guy.”
    “Wow, Abby. Your life is turning into one big story after another.” She glanced at the text message on Abby’s screen.
    Hey man, what happened to you? I waited all night.
    Okay, at least in this one thing she had to be honest and decent. Maybe she hadn’t started out that way, but she could fix it. Let him know she wasn’t who he thought. She clicked in a response.
    Sorry, but I think you have the wrong person.
    There. Whoever it was would realize the mistake and stop texting.
    Badeep deep.
    Yeah, right. How much beer u had? Guess what, I met the running chick yesterday.
    The running chick? Her stomach fell. Oh God, it
was
him?
    Wait. Not possible. Because he—
    Caroline sucked in a gasp from her place looking over Abby’s shoulder. “Holy shit, Abby! You’re the running chick, right? You know what that means?”
    Her hand shook and she dropped the phone on the counter and paced the floor. The answer was clear. “What?”
    “Carter is—”
    “The guy whose girlfriend dumped him for the ticket idea. Only, it obviously wasn’t anything to do with the tickets. It was his
best friend.
And he’s texting me. He thinks I’m his friend, the creep. Holy shit. He thinks I’m Jackson. Could this get any screwier?”
    “Not likely—unless it was on television. How in the world did he get the two of you mixed up?”
    “He said he had to replace his phone. That’s all I know … maybe he transposed a number or something. Tell me, what do I do?” The door clanked open then shut.
He’ll never forgive me for lying to him.
    A few seconds later it opened again. And again. In fact, they had a steady flow of customers for a couple of hours. Most of them were curiosity-seekers checking out the new business. Caroline and Abby worked solidly until lunch. When Abby’s stomach growled, she checked the clock. “Caroline, why don’t you get some lunch first. I’ll cover until you get back.” The stream of people walking by outside had picked up due to the noon rush.
    “Maybe I should stay for another hour.”
    Abby waved her away. “No, go ahead. I’ll be fine.”
    “Okay. I’ll be right back, though.” Caroline pulled her