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“I know.” She laughed again. “I came to this town on a visit, needing to figure out my next step in life more than taking a real vacation, and it just felt right.”

“This shop?”

“All of it. This town felt like the place I was supposed to be. The shop was part of that, too. I haven’t left since I bought it and moved here.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I’ll go a few hours away if I need to, but other than that, I don’t leave here.”

“Why not?”

“I guess it just feels like I need to be here all the time.”

“All the time?” Abby asked. “I mean, this place is fine, but you’ve felt that you can’t leave since you moved here?”

“In a good way. I don’twantto go anywhere. It’s like, if I’m not here, something can’t happen.”

“What something?”

“I don’t know yet.” Quinn shrugged.

“What?” Abby laughed.

“I can’t explain it. That’s just how it feels.”

“We are very different people,” Abby said.

“Yeah?” she asked and leaned over the counter.

“You moved to a place that had no significance to you at all, just on vibes, and you’ve never left. Yeah, we’re very different.”

“No vibes for you?”

“I’m more or less practical. I moved here because I was tired of the big city, and as much as I hated this place growingup, I realized that it was where I needed to be.”

“Needed?”

“My family is here, and I know what to expect in this place, you know? I know these streets like the back of my hand. The stores might be different, and there are, like, eight new coffee shops since I left, but it’s basically the same other than that.”

“Can I askyousomething now?”

“Turnabout and all that,” Abby told her, nodding at her.

“Why did you want that photo I gave you?”

Abby smiled and said, “That’s the main reason I came in when I saw you, actually.”

“Yeah?” she asked.

“So, I’m a writer. You know that now.”

“I do.”

“And I’m on this whole three-book deal thing. My first one did really well.”

“I’d say so.” Quinn winked at her before she could stop herself.

Why had she done that? She shouldn’t have winked at this woman. She wanted Abby to stay in the shop for as long as possible.