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he would see the love of his life again. Truth be told, the only
reason he’d survived all he’d been through, was for this moment. She’d been his
reason to live.

CHAPTER
2

 
    She
was back. Seeing the welcome sign for Luck had her smiling. Their motto, you’re either in Luck or out of Luck , struck
home. She definitely needed some luck, and if she were honest, some rest too.
She was drained. Linnie winced when looking back over the last month. It was
like it’d been when Nate left, and her mother died. Except now it was her
coworkers talking and whispering, asking all types of questions, while giving
her sympathetic, sorrowful looks. And just like before, she’d wanted to scream.
    She
couldn’t help it. Purdy had made her feel like such a fool, and to add insult
to injury, she’d run into him after leaving the hospital library, only to have
him tell her he was sorry, and that he’d loved her at one time, but then
something happened, and he felt for her what a brother feels for a sister. Hah!
What a joke. She wasn’t prone to violence, but she sure had wanted to slap him
then. Instead, she promptly reminded him, that brothers don’t have sex with
their sisters, and if memory served correctly, they’d had sex aplenty, so he
could take his sorry excuses, and all their belongings, and shove them where
the sun didn’t shine.
    Oh
yeah, she needed a break. She refused to waste any more time on Purdy. She was
done with him. She had her degree, which is what she’d set out to get, and she
was on paid leave from her job, with no real plans of returning there. Better
yet, she was single, with every intention of staying that way. The only men she
was interested in seeing right now, were her father and brothers. A lot had happened
in the last five years. She’d changed, and long gone was the naïve girl who
believed in the false promises of forever.
    The
closer she was to home, the more anxious she became, and despite having talked
with her father earlier, she felt uneasy. The fact that she’d been gone five long
years, with minimal contact in between, made her feel exceptionally guilty. But
the pain from that time in her life was still very real, and she was returning home
now with the hopes of dealing with what she hadn’t been able to at the time.
    Turning
down the road to her family’s farm, she saw them all standing in the yard. Her
heart began to beat rapidly. It’d been years, and she was both happy and scared
to see them. They were familiar, yet different to her. Pulling up, she stopped
and turned off the car, leaving the keys in the ignition. Tired of being
anxious, she quickly got out of the car and shut the door. She was so nervous. Turning
and looking at the shocked faces on her family, she focused on her father and
said, “Hi, Daddy. I’ve missed you so much.” Then she moved quickly into his
outstretched arms, where he held her. He held her so tight, she felt grounded. Finally,
she was home.

 
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    Nate
stood shell shocked. Blinking, he was seeing, but not believing what he saw. Linnie. Was. Gorgeous. Nooo, no that was not true. She. Was. Stunning. He never,
in his wildest dreams, imagined her as she was right now. From top to bottom, she
was breathtaking, and his vigilant-trained mind soaked up every detail about
her it could.
    Her
shiny, cocoa colored hair, clipped short around one ear and in the back,
revealed in great detail the gentle curve of her ear, and the graceful column
of her neck. The top and opposite side of her hair, held long full layers, with
a heavy bang coming forward to make a dramatic swoop over her right eye, before
blending with the ever increasing length of fringe following the angle of her
jawline, that ended just above one slim shoulder. The dramatic, asymmetrical cut,
accentuated her heart shaped face and beautifully arched brow. Thick dark
lashes and a deep, yet subtle, smoky blue shadow, outlined dark eyes that
shimmered like black diamonds. Her caramel