Charlene hesitated for a moment.

Gaylord just chuckled and said, "No worries. We'll eat when we're hungry. If

you're not in the mood for this, I'll whip up something fresh later when you feel like

it."

Charlene offered a polite smile. “...Alright, thank you for going to the trouble.”

For a moment, the three of them fell into an awkward silence.

That was when Connie and Stewart noticed Charlene's discomfort and quickly stepped in to rescue her.

Connie spoke up, "Mr. Young brought his guitar. Come on, let's go listen to some music."

Charlene followed Connie, leaving York and Gaylord exchanging a glance.

Without saying anything, they turned and wandered back to the newly lit bonfire.

Vesta and the others hadn't caught what Gaylord and York had said to Charlene, but seeing how things played out, Vesta paused, as if she'd picked up on something. Then she shrugged it off, thinking maybe she was reading too much into it.

though not well enough to pay much

his gaze away and asked, "Who's that girl? She's gorgeous, no

soured immediately. "Smitten? Come on, don't be ridiculous. There's no way Mr. Watson would


couldn't accept the

York might actually be interested in Charlene. Besides, everyone considered Charlene and Stewart a done deal-why would York even

in front of Stewart. If he dared, Stewart would have already

less likely. Everyone

else was thinking, Charlene had no

was Stewart's friend, a pretty decent guitarist. The group gathered around

started calling out song requests and

other hand, wasn't much of a singer and rarely listened to music. Just then, both Gaylord

they both paused mid-step, but just as quickly, they continued on,

at

Young stopped playing his guitar, and the whole group turned to

nor

bit embarrassed. This time, Gaylord spoke first. "brought a telescope. Want to


te"

s

"Funny, so

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