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“What do you care, you’re Terry’s friend?”

“I’m also your bartender,” the woman said coolly.“I can give you some free advice if you need it.”

“No thanks.I don’t need my sister knowing even more of my business.”

The bar tender propped one hand on her waist.“Oh, you’re still mad because I told Terry about your boyfriend running around with other women?Come on, you can’t blame me for that.It was too juicy not to share.”

Hallie decided not to be intimidated by the woman’s huge stature, even though she looked like she could wrestle a horse to the ground.“So you expect me to give you even more juicy details?”

“Fine, I can probably guess what’s going on with you anyways.”

“Oh, sure,” Hallie mocked, “the wise bar tender who can read people and know their innermost thoughts and desires.”

The woman wasn’t too annoyed at her comment.She smirked, saying, “You need to get out of here, you know.”

“Out of the bar?”Hallie said, frowning.“But I haven’t even had one drink.”

“You need to go to the city.Terry told me you were aiming to get a job, but you haven’t got one yet.So what’s holding you back?”

Suddenly, Hallie remembered: Luke had offered her a job!

“Here’s the thing,” the bar tender continued, finally pouring that tequila shot.“I saw you in here with that guy.I think you like him, but you’re too afraid to admit it.It’s the same with finding a job.Maybe if you just go for it, things will work out.”

Hallie downed the burning tequila, letting the alcohol and the advice sink in...

Chapter 40: A Possible Apology

“Either I’m drunk fromone tequila shot,” Hallie mused, “or what you’re saying totally makes sense.”

“Of course it makes sense.I’m the wise bar tender.”She grinned and went off to serve another customer.

What if she was right?What if finally taking a job could be the answer to everything?Of course, as Miss Santer said, Luke was not the type to get romantically involved with anyone in a real way, but what if Miss Santer was wrong?

Hallie wondered, if she could commit to having a job, could she also have a real relationship for once in her life?

Maybe not with him, even though the vivid memory of his burning blue eyes, focused on her in all their desire, made her pulse race like a runaway mustang.