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I spent the rest of the week trying not to worry about what Sam was planning to do to my town. Annie kindly suggested that she would refuse to accept the offer from Davis Industries for her building, if that was what I preferred. I told her to do whatever she wanted to and tried not to sound sad as I said the words. The thought of losing Annie’s companionship, even if it was only some of the time, frightened me.
Courtney and Seth tried to bolster my spirits by talking and laughing about everything under the sun, except the elephant in the room – the fact that my lover was acquiring and transforming our beloved little town.
I wondered if Sam was indeed still my lover. I hadn’t had any contact with him all week. The last I had seen him was when I had barged into his office unannounced,
