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Epilogue
Sally bit her lip,trying to focus on the spreadsheet filled with numbers in front of her.
Ever since the barn dance debacle where she’d kidnapped the wrong man, and trapped her best friend and an almost total stranger together in a remote shack in a Michigan snow storm, she’d taken the advice of almost everyone in town and had gotten a job that got her out of her care-giving role for twenty hours a week.
Of course, since her aunt had passed away, she was now looking to increase those hours. Preferably something that had to do with numbers. She loved the regimented flow of spreadsheets, the dependability and the way all the numbers always followed the rules. It was a source of pride to have her ledgers balance each and every time.
Unfortunately, balancing a spreadsheet didn’t ease the ache in her heart when she went home alone, ate supper alone, and went to bed, alone.
“Good morning, Sally!”
Dakota Estenben, soon to be Dakota Landry, walked into the inn.
“Good morning! It’s going to be another beautiful day!” She didn’t have to pretend to be happy for Dakota. She and Ryan made the cutest couple.
“It is.” Dakota held up her ring finger. “Ryan proposed last night and I said yes!”
Sally squealed and jumped up, hurrying out from behind her desk and grabbing Dakota’s hand so she could peer closer at her ring. “Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!”
“I’m over the moon.” Dakota’s smile indicated that her words were absolutely true.
“Have you set a date?”
“We’d like to do it soon. That’s why I’m here. I was hoping we could rent the kitchen so Griff can cook and we could get married in the courtyard.”
“Oh, I think that’s totally doable. Franklin and Noah are in their offices, and I’m sure they’ll talk to you right now. Go on back the hall - their secretary is at the desk between their doors.”
Dakota walked away, and Sally watched her go, happy as she could be for her friend, but the longing in her heart a little deeper and sharper. Seeing other people happy together made her aloneness feel so much...more.
But if God had someone for her, He’d been doing a good job of keeping the information from her, and until God brought a man for her, she wasn’t going to move an inch. As hard as the loneliness was, she would much rather be alone than with the wrong man. She’d seen enough unhappy marriages over the years to know that.
Slowly she walked back around her desk and sat down in front of her computer. Until the man God had for her showed up, she’d take comfort in the perfection of her numbers. She just hoped that wasn’t all God had for her. But if it was, she’d try her best to be happy anyway.
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