“Glad to see you out and about.” She tilted her head. “But you might want to keep Joe away from her,” Maxie warned. “It was an accident,” I said in a low voice. “Some people around here don’t believe that.” I shook my head. “Don’t go on believing them rumors.” She squinted her eyes, and I knew then that some of her famous advice was coming my way. Maxie was more than the town’s barkeep; she was the town’s therapist too. Unofficially, of course—she didn’t have a degree. She just knew everyone’s problems and knew what everyone needed to hear. “What one person calls a rumor, another calls the
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