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Nathan stood in line at the local One-Stop and cursed small-town life.

Much as he loved the Adirondacks, he really resented buying a box of condoms in a store where he knew every single one of his fellow patrons. Snagging a newspaper that he didn't need off a nearby rack, Nathan smuggled his purchase to the counter.

Only to have his back slapped by a friendly tree limb ? otherwise known as J. D. Drollette's right arm.

"Hey, Nate. Did you see you're a local celebrity?" J.D. thumped the newspaper on the counter, causing the condom box to jump.

So much for discretion.

"Celebrity? No, I guess I missed it." He tossed a twenty at the cashier.

J.D. was already thumbing through the paper while Nathan took his change and stuffed his illicit box in his coat pocket.

"You're right here." J.D.'s thumb stabbed the spot. "Ines says she met this Madison Blair woman, by the way. Have you run into her yet?"

But Nathan scarcely heard him. His eyes scanned the column and his quote about keeping the Adirondacks a secret. The reporter shouldn't have quoted him given that he'd made the comment in the most off-hand way three days ago. And he certainly hadn't known the woman was writing a story.

Of course, Madison wouldn't know that. And he'd left the paper on her breakfast tray....

Hell.

He needed to come up with a plan. And damn it, he'd need to act fast. Madison wasn't going to stick around to hear any lame explanations. She'd done so well asserting herself this week, Nathan never would have guessed she'd once harbored some pushover qualities.

Scooping up the paper, he punched J.D. in the arm on his way out the door. "Do you believe in love at first sight, J.D.?"

His friend paused. Deliberated.

In the meantime, a petite Latino woman with long, dark hair and dangly feather earrings poked her head around the end of an aisle, a fashion magazine in hand.

"Of course he believes in love at first sight," she interjected, scowling at J.D. with a glare that could be only a lover's right.

J.D. smiled at her. Winked. And just then Nathan noticed J.D. was carrying a copy of the newspaper, too ? and damned if it didn't have the corner of a condom box peeking out from under it. "I think sometimes you just know."

Excellent. J.D. and Ines were proof he wasn't crazy.

"Are you guys going to be at the Ice Carnival today?" Nathan asked, one foot out the door. He couldn't wait for an answer because he had to hurry if he was going to pull this off. Instead he just shouted over his shoulder as the door swung shut behind him. "I'm definitely going to need some backup!"

To be continued...



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