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again?”
    Sarah shrugged her shoulders as she chewed. “I don’t know. Probably. But I have to tell you something really strange. Remember that moron with the yappy little dog who tried to attack Scruffy at your store last week?”
    â€œYeah. He came in the other day ahead of schedule. He bought a couple of dog toys and told me to tell you that he and his wife have started to be more firm with the dog, and they’re having good results with the training. He wanted me to thank you for him and to tell you that the next time Enchilada needs shots, they’re going to switch vets and make an appointment with you.” Josh shook his head. “I can’t believe they named their dog Enchilada.”
    Sarah smiled, then turned serious. “There’s more. Two people came in who I’ve never seen before, saying he recommended them. Neither dog needed shots, but I did give them some tips on basic dog training during their appointments and sold them each a book. One of them asked me out. Can you believe it?”
    Josh’s fork froze halfway to his mouth. “What did you say?”
    â€œI thanked him for asking, but said no. Really, I don’t know anything about him except that he has a dog.” She tilted her head and paused. “But I have his address and credit card number. I could probably have him checked out.”
    He watched her face as the play of thoughts crossed through her mind. Like Sarah, he also didn’t date much, and when he did, it was always women to whom he’d been introduced by mutual friends, or had met in an organization he belonged to, like the garden club or the canine agility trials club. He wouldn’t go out on a date with a woman he’d never met before who approached him in his store. But then again, he’d never been approached for a date by a woman, anywhere.
    Sarah tapped one finger to her cheek, sighed, and poked at the food on her plate. “If the day wasn’t already strange enough, I also saw Andy and Murray. I’ve done a little research on parrots, and we decided to work on a way to get him to stop putting up such a fuss when a door is opened. It seemed to have worked during our appointment, so he’s going to keep doing it and we’ll see if it stops Murray from going berserk every time a door opens.”
    Josh nodded to acknowledge her progress with Andy’s parrot, but the words that stuck in his head were her comments that even though she’d turned down a date with a man she didn’t know, she was going to keep seeing Hayden.
    Not that he had anything against Hayden. Hayden had a good head on his shoulders; after all, the guy was an accountant. He was easy to get along with and had a good sense of humor. He also wasn’t bitter about the way Marissa treated him, and he’d been able to move forward with his life despite what had to be deep scars. Hayden was a good guy.
    He just wasn’t good enough for Sarah.
    Sarah plopped a new catalog on the table in front of him and dragged her chair to position them side by side. “We should go through this before it gets too late. I’ve got a big day ahead of me tomorrow, and I need my beauty sleep.”
    Josh opened his mouth to make a snide remark about beauty sleep, but he stopped with his mouth wide open.
    He couldn’t tease Sarah about needing beauty sleep. As a kid, she’d looked kinda geeky, but now, as an adult woman, everything had grown together quite well. Actually, better than just quite well. As kids, he and Tucker had often called her “Fish Lips”, but as an adult he saw ads in magazines for women to get things done to make their lips look like Sarah’s. For a lot of money. Many men would call her downright beautiful.
    Strange how he hadn’t noticed until recently.
    â€œWhy are you sitting there with your mouth hanging open? You look like a little bird waiting for its mother to shove a worm in. I’ve