"She invited my parents to Thanksgiving dinner," Nick said, not wanting to look Brad in the eye. "Who does that? Who invites the boyfriend's parents over after insisting he doesn't love her?"

Brad smiled as he looked out over the orchard at half the town. "But you do love her."

"Shut up, Brad."

He laughed. "Hey, you asked me, remember?"

"It's weird, that's all." Nick used his two-way to tell the deputies to watch the crowd. Again. The guys were getting ...