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women, it was refreshing to have something else to think about and I dove into my work with enthusiasm. The moments when I was haunted by thoughts of him didn't decrease, but at least I was busy doing something else instead of spying on him. I hadn't seen him in my comings and goings at all. I thought I had caught a glimpse of Colby late one night through the fence, but I hurriedly drove away before I could be tempted to ask him about River.
     
    And neither of them appeared to be the type to be up for a traditional hair cut and shave so I wasn't too concerned with them becoming customers. I would just stay on my side of the street, and they could do the same. I was determined to not allow myself to be filled with anger or shame about the situation. What was done was done, and if either of them, or their biker friends, wanted to talk about it, well then I certainly couldn't stop them.
     
    The best thing for me to do would be to just go on with my life. And that is exactly what I was doing. My grand opening was in two days and my flier distribution had been going well. They had been enthusiastically well-received at each place I dropped them off, and I hoped the people who said they would drop by were actually going to show up.
     
    I had visited the senior citizen home, the club at the golf course, a couple of bars frequented by old men, three churches, the health club, the hospital, and the library. The three hundred fliers I had made up offered half price discounts for the cut and shave special and if I got enough customers to just use half of those, I would be a very happy woman.
     
    Right now, I was just a very exhausted woman, and it was only two in the afternoon.
     
    My burger arrived and I practically inhaled it. I hadn't eaten breakfast, a bad habit of mine, and after all that running around, I needed quick nourishment. When the bell rang over the diner door again, I didn't even look up, my face half-buried in my plate.
     
    I didn't see Colby walk in and sit in the booth behind me. If I did, I probably wouldn't have placed a pile of my fliers on the table by the door when I walked out after I was done eating.
     
    Turns out, it was probably the best thing I ever did.
     
     
     
     

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
     
    Having the barber pole installed made it all finally feel real. I was becoming more and more excited about Dixie's Gentleman's Parlour as each day passed, and as I stood out on the sidewalk, I gleamed with pride as I watched the pole spin for the first time. The new signs I had painted on the windows in flowery gold letters looked gorgeous.
     
    After paying the two guys who had stopped by to help me with the pole, I took a few minutes to snap a few pictures. I was so pleased with how everything had turned out, and the quick turnaround had seemed like a whirlwind of activity. Just as I snapped a photo, the low rumble of motorcycles shook my windows. I turned to see River and another biker I didn't recognize slowly pass by. It was my first sighting of him since I had been at his cabin, and my stomach dropped at the vision of him.
     
    Masculinity oozed off him as he rode by, his tattooed biceps gleaming in the sun, his hair flowing free and escaping from the bottom of his helmet. I resisted the urge to smile or wave and surprisingly, I managed to even stay upright this time. I just watched. The thought struck me that that was what I was trying to do all along. Just watch. But, somehow, somewhere along the way, everything had gone horribly wrong.
     
    When River looked over at me, his eyes bore right through me. I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but the soft smile and enthusiastic wave that he sent my way was not it.
     
    I was even more confused than ever. He was hot and cold. One minute he was making love to me and the next he was dismissing me as a hooker and now he was being nice again? What was I supposed to think? Remembering my anger at him, I simply turned and walked back inside. I couldn't afford to let