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at me with astonishment on her face.
     
    I peeked out the window again and followed her pointing index finger. “Hmm.”
     
    “ Hmm is right.” Mary Jane nudged me for a better view.
     
    “ He’s certainly eye candy, huh,” I said. “I bet he’s nothing but a ladies’ man. He’s got bad news written all over him like a neon sign.” I shook my head.
     
    The hot air from our breath was steaming up the window. I reached up and wiped it with the dish towel I’d had draped over my shoulder.
     
    “ You can tell all that by one look?” She snorted.
     
    I lifted an eyebrow. “I shouldn’t look anyway because I’m done with men. Completely and utterly finished. They’re nothing but trouble. After I broke things off with Ray, I said no more.”
     
    “ Oh, stop. How could a man that good-looking be trouble?” Mary Jane clucked her tongue. “The only trouble I’d have with him is forcing myself to leave his bed.”
     
    “ Mary Jane!” I chuckled.
     
    She wiggled her eyebrows, then moved back out into the dining area. I slipped out the door for a better view. My stomach took a dive as he crossed the café floor. He slid into a booth on the right side of the room, never noticing four eyes staring at him.
     
    Another man was with him, but I couldn’t take my gaze off the hunk long enough to tell you what the other guy looked like. But I sure knew what Mr. Tall, Blond and Handsome looked like. He wore jeans and a red T-shirt. Short mussed hair and a strong jaw. Light green eyes, maybe? A closer inspection was in order to answer that question. Yes, I needed to see him up close and personal.
     
    I hurried away from the door where I’d been hiding and grabbed a menu. But before I made it to his table, Mary Jane had approached with a huge smile spread across her face and handed him a lunch menu. She was the one who had suggested I take a look at him, now she was ruining my chances.
     
    The gorgeous customer smiled and laughed while he engaged in conversation with the other man.
     
    “ I want to make sure the horse goes to a good home,” Eye Candy told the other man.
     
    I inched away and shoved the menu back in the rack before anyone caught me staring like the fool I was. But my gaze remained fixed on my new customer. Who was this man and what was he doing in Mystic Hollow? Did he live here? I’d never seen anyone who looked like him around here before.
     
    I needed answers. But I couldn’t exactly go up to him and play a game of twenty questions. There was still a little bit of introverted teenager left in me; the better looking the guy, the more the shyness made an unwelcome visit. Mary Jane loved being nosy, maybe she could question him for me. She prided herself on her gossiping abilities. I think she was the reigning gossip champ for the entire tri-county area. I didn’t have the nerve to do it myself. She said he’d been in before, so why hadn’t she discovered the scoop then? Her crown may have to be revoked.
     
    Mary Jane ambled back over with that same sly grin.
     
    I raised an eyebrow. “Did you take his order yet?”
     
    “ No. I was too busy staring at him.” She gave me a doe-eyed look.
     
    “ Well, don’t you think you’d better get his order? I need to finish the eggs for table one. Now scoot before he leaves, and you can’t stare at him while he eats.” I placed my hands on her shoulders and turned her body in the direction of his table.
     
    “ Yeah, cause I’m the only one who was lookin’.” She laughed and marched toward his table again.
     
    I took one last glance and shook off the tingling feeling in my stomach. No more time for gawking. There was work to be done. Magic to be made. If only the spells worked for me, but grandma said not to be selfish and use them for myself. But if I could...
     

Chapter Six
     
    Mary Jane tapped the bell to get my attention. “Okay, I have the order for Mr. Gorgeous and the order for table four.” She stared at me for a beat.