“The Jimmy Buffet imitator working the tiny corner stage had his amplifier turned up louder than usual, and a delivery boy handed Aggie a flowering cactus. She halted in the middle of her busy chores and lost all her concentration.Prickly, the accompanying note said. But lovely when it blooms.Aggie shoved the cactus into a back corner of the bar, crumpled the notecard and poked it into the red-clay pot, then stood staring blankly at the plant, a grin on her face.“Whozit from?” growled the bar’s ...owner, a middle-aged man with crew-cut gray hair, a Navy insignia tattooed on one beefy bicep, and a big, sweet heart under his attitude. Retired Chief Petty Officer Oscar Rattinelli, “Rat” to those willing to risk a broken face, peered over her shoulder as he waited for a blender to finish churning up a Pink Rum Punch.“Guy named John Bartholomew.” Aggie flipped a beer glass under the tap on the wall next to John’s gift cactus. “Been staying at my campground for the past week.”“Decent?”“Too decent.”“Why?”“Asked me to marry him.”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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