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Chapter OneKitty“Is there so I can help you find, Kitty?” I look back at Jackson, who’s standing behind the register at the feed store

I try not to cringe because I hate when anyone calls ue in his deep Southern drawl has

Jackson givessers on ross Jackson was a couple of grades ahead of me in school, but he didn’t pay ht now I think

“Y’all hiring?” I ask as I step away fro over I asked for a kitten for et it I actually didn't get anything froe to bake a cake withI didn’t listen because she’s a horrible cook

Moht me to toith her while she went to run so to do, but this is the story ofto do now that high school is over and I’o insane

At least I got to spend most of my birthday yesterday with Dotty Mom and Dad were pissy when she took off, but now that she’s with Clay and he’s saving their farm, they are over the e since The ht, whether I want hione silent

I still don’t understand how e and not e between hi as I can reh he never paid me any attention

For months I had to pretend it didn't bother e and thaton her finger I forced a s inside She wasn’t excited about the arranged e either, but I never let her kno I felt about Judge I didn’t want her to feel worse about the situation at the time

Then Judge showed up at Clay’s, de they hand s I’d ever seen We were so confused at first until we figured out he’d never asked for my sister’s hand and it had been me the whole tiet h But when I didn't fall in quick enough, Judge threatened me, and it only made me want to rebel

I ht have stolen his car and possibly side swiped a few others in the process He de the sheriff When he didn’t follow through with the threat, he got back in his truck, and I haven’t seen or heard a peep from him since

“I could use soroider as I walk back to the front of the store

“You got an application or soh to ht h school The only thing I really love to do is bake I should see if Trudy is hiring over at the Sweet Spot I think I could handle two jobs if it got me out of my parents’ place faster

I ht have to take my sister up on the offer to come stay with her and her newa wedding and are still in the honeymoon phase I don’t want to intrude on their special time My older sister Dotty has spent her whole life always doing what she thinks is best for me, and it’s time I did the same for her

“I know you, Kitty You don’t need to fill out an application” He does, however, slide a notepad over toward h” I pick up the pen and scribble down my number for him