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flea market and Oscar was a Locust Grove police officer.
    The Piggly Wiggly was on the other side of town. It seemed like it took forever to get through town because everyone and their brother seemed to be out, happy to not be snowed in anymore.
    From a distance I could see Oscar still on the sidewalk of the Piggly Wiggly.
    Adeline, my friend who owned the Piggly Wiggly came out of the store. She whispered something into his ear. His hand rested on the small of her back.
    My eyes widened, my jaw dropped, but the oncoming car beeping at me to get back in my lane caused me to swerve off the road and into the ditch right in front of the Piggly Wiggly.
    “Mr. Prince Charming!” I screamed when I realized what had happened. He was on top of the dash right in front of me. Eye-to-eye. His claws dug into the dashboard. His tail straight as a stick. My fingers felt like they were super-glued to the steering wheel.
    My chest heaved up and down. He drew in his claws, and batted at my charm bracelet on my wrist.
    “Oh,” I sobbed and grabbed him, closed my eyes and cuddled him close to me. The cold air whipped around me when someone flung the driver’s side door open.
    “June?” Oscar bent down, looking into the car. “Are you okay?”
    Relief swept over me and opened the floodgate of tears. He scooted into the inches of vacant seat next to me and wrapped Mr. Prince Charming and me in his arms.

 
     
    Chapter Eight
     
    “No, sir.” Oscar was talking on his phone while I was resting in the employee room in the back of the Piggly Wiggly on the ratty old couch Adeline had in there for employee breaks. “I didn’t get to see him pull up. There was a car wreck and I felt like it was my duty to help them.” He conveniently left out the fact it was me he was referring to, his fiancée.
    “Here you go.” Adeline tiptoed back into the employee room with an ice water for me, and a small bowl of milk for Mr. Prince Charming. She handed me a sack. “I know you love June’s Gems.” Her brows lifted and she sat down next to me.
    Adeline had begun to sell Wicked Good Bakery goods in the grocery store. Faith drove the little Wicked Good car back and forth, making the weekly deliveries for her sister.
    Oscar hung up the phone and Adeline left the room.
    “June, what are you doing here? Who is running the store?” He sat next to me and rubbed his hand over my hair, playing with a strand around his finger.
    “What are you doing here? The roads are fine.” I wasn’t going to answer any of his questions. Seeing him here made me mad. Made me forget how upset and heartbroken I was.
    “I was going to tell you tonight.” He stood up. An inexplicable look of withdrawal came over his face.
    “Don’t.” I put my hand up in front of me. I didn’t want to hear the words of how he wasn’t in love with me any longer and wanted to break off the engagement. I would rather just take off my mother’s ring and give him a clean out.
    I stood up in front of him and slipped the ring off my finger. “No explanation necessary.”
    “What?” Oscar clasped his hands around mine. “What are you saying?” His eyes searched my face.
    “I’m saying you don’t have to break it off. I understand. I mean,” My eyes slid up and down his body, taking in his disheveled appearance, though he was still handsome.
    “This?” He dropped his hands and looked down his body. “No,” he shook his head. “You have it all wrong.” He grabbed my hand again, taking out the ring, and pushing back on my finger. “I love you, June Heal. You and I are getting married.”
    An audible groan escaped from Mr. Prince Charming, who was now on the arm of the couch trying to get a good seat to see what was going on.
    “But,” I swallowed. “What about the candlelit dinner at your house?”
    “You stopped by the house?” he asked.
    “Let’s say I knew you weren’t alone the other night.” I didn’t deny his question but I wasn’t going to lie and say I