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a china cup. Tammy had always found her so adorable and loved the way she always had a different tea set with her. Mrs. Smith was one of the fixtures of Slate Springs that would go down in legend; she was such a regular face, there wasn’t anyone who didn’t know her.
    “I’m good, thank you, my darling,” she purred. “And you are looking as radiant as ever… Found yourself a husband yet?” she pried with wide eyes.
    “Not yet,” Tammy shrugged.
    “Let me fix you up with my grandson,” Mrs. Smith said excitedly. “He’s nineteen and wants to go to law school!”
    Tammy smiled and patted Mrs. Smith’s bony shoulder.
    “Thank you,” she laughed sweetly, “but I think he may be a bit young for me.”
    She hugged the old lady goodbye and carried on down the street. It was days like this when she wanted to kick herself for having her fantasies of escape. She loved the town, and she knew she would never leave. She just wished she had a potential suitor to be set up with… And not someone who was only nineteen!
    As she approached her dad’s hardware store, she felt a familiar warm fuzz in her belly. She really needed a hug from the only two men in her life never to disappoint her.
    “Hey, Tam,” Dean smiled as she opened the door and the bell tinged high above her head. Her brother was handsome in an unconventional way, and he had never had any problems with the ladies. Dean had always been a bit of a stud around Slate Springs, and he was somewhat overprotective of his little sister… Sometimes she wondered if that was part of the problem of why she never got asked out.
    “Hey,” she smiled as she leant over the counter and hugged him. “Where’s Dad?”
    “Out back,” Dean said. “Go tell him I need to step out for ten minutes, and he should be out here. Unless you want to fill in for me?” he wiggled his eyebrows.
    “No chance,” she laughed. “I do enough work around here.” 
    “Yeah, right,” Dean gibed.
    Tammy made her way out to the back of the store and into the stock room. She found her dad on his hands and knees and in the middle of an inventory.
    “Hello, bug,” he smiled as she knelt down and hugged him. She held onto him a little longer that morning. The times when she felt a bit sorry for herself was when she missed her mother the most.
    “Hey, Dad,” she said into his neck.
    “And what do I owe the pleasure today?” He slapped his hands together to get rid of the dust from a stack of forgotten boxes.
    “Nothing, I just wanted to see you both,” she smiled. “Feels like forever.”
    “I think it was only Monday,” her dad laughed. “But I’m not complaining.”
    “How’s it been this week?” she asked, gesturing to the store.
    “Slow,” her dad said seriously. “I’m just not so sure how long we’re going to be able to keep this place afloat.”
    “Don’t say that, Dad.” Tammy felt her heart sink. “We’re always okay…”
    “Mmm-hm,” he murmured uncertainly. “I’m not so convinced this time.”
    The business had experienced problems in the past, and although she had been aware of them, Tammy usually stayed out of it. Her father was a proud man, and he didn’t like to admit when things weren’t going well. Tammy knew that something really must have been up for him to mention it, and it made her even more bummed out.
    “Do you want to talk about it?” Tammy asked cautiously.
    “No,” he smiled as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. “I’m not spending the only real day I get with my daughter being negative… Come on, tell me about your week.”
    Tammy’s mind instantly jumped to Lynx and the fact that she had been inside The Bleeding Bullet. But she knew she could never tell her father or Dean. It would be asking for trouble.
    “Oh, I haven’t been up to anything much,” she said lightly. “Just the usual… Work, chilling out, sleeping.”
    “Best way to be,” her dad winked and picked up his clipboard.
    “Dean needs to head