Darren worked to finish the repairs in the shed, very aware that Farrah had arrived an hour ago. He’d tried to get off the farm before she showed up, as he’d managed to determine her arrival time at five-fifteen each evening. She obviously came straight out to the farm after her shift at the bowling alley. But tonight, Meagan had asked him to fix a few broken panels in the greenhouse from last night’s windstorm. He couldn’t say no to her, and he’d been circling an idea for the past two weeks. Circling Farrah so their paths didn’t cross. Always circling. Sam and Bonnie had gone back to Wyoming, and though Ben lived in town with Rae, they hadn’t come out to Steeple Ridge for Sunday dinner like they usually did, citing that Rae was ill. Which was just fine, because neither Darren, Cody, nor

