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reach. “I told you they were good.” But after he made several more attempts to nab some from her plate, she conceded and let him have a few more bites.
    “I can’t believe Kourtney never took me here,” he said after sampling the fried chicken and fried okra. “I never thought I’d enjoy Southern cooking so much.”
    “Kourtney thinks this place is beneath her. She only comes for the weekly meetings, and then she never orders anything.”
    Caleb chewed a bit longer. “Yeah, I’m surprised she came back to Jackson Grove at all.”
    “I’m not. As much as she hates this town, she’s still royalty here. In her mind, it’s better to be worshipped in hell than be a nobody elsewhere.”
    He swallowed as though the fluffy biscuit he’d been eating was month-old bubblegum. “But you don’t see it that way.”
    “No, I like my place in town. I provide a needed service, and I’m at the point in my life where I’m comfortable being my father’s daughter and not the debutante Mama wanted me to be.”
    “Your dad liked cars, too?”
    “He’s the one who showed me how to rebuild an engine.” A twinge of pain throbbed in her chest when she thought about him. No one understood her like he had. “When he died, I used the money he left me to buy the shop. He’d always said my inheritance was supposed to be an investment in my future, and I couldn’t think of a better use for it.”
    “Did he leave anything for your sister?”
    “Of course he did. Kourtney also used her money to invest in her future, but instead of setting up a business, she spent it on a new nose, a new chin, and a new set of boobs.”
    Caleb stared down at his plate and played with the little bit of food left on it. “She had that much work done?”
    “Would you like me to dig up pictures of her from high school?” Alex angled her face into his line of vision. “Don’t act so surprised. A rack like hers is anything but natural.”
    “No, it’s not that, it’s just…” He threw his fork down. “You’d think she’d use it on something a little more meaningful.”
    “From her point of view, it was. Change her appearance until she’s practically flawless, catch the attention of a hot guy with money, move far away from Jackson Grove. That was what she wanted for her future.”
    A wan smile tilted the corners of his mouth up. “And you think I’m the schmuck with money she was after?”
    Alex paused, choosing her words carefully. “I can’t answer for her.”
    “She must have mentioned something.”
    Now it was her turn to play with what was left on her plate. She could deliver the killing blow right here and end Caleb’s interest in her sister, but if he left town now, it would end her chances with him, too. Besides, Kourtney was still her sister. “She mentioned that you came from a wealthy family and expressed some frustration that you refused to tell her why you wouldn’t claim the trust fund your father left you.”
    “I’m surprised she even found out about it.”
    “Kourtney’s smarter than most people give her credit for.”
    “No shit.” He laid his fork down and pushed his plate away. “Just like your father, mine left us all a little something in case we needed it, but none us have except for Dan, who used it to pay off his med school loans. I may not be famous like some of my brothers, but I’m happy being a pilot. I feel like I’m doing something useful with my life, and I love flying. Besides, if I touched one cent of that trust fund money, I’d be kicked out of the Air Force.”
    “They’d kick you out for having a trust fund?”
    He nodded. “When you come into that much money, the Department of Defense thinks your interests would be diverted from your duty.”
    Alex let out a low whistle. “That must be some kind of trust fund.”
    “It’s enough to provide for a very comfortable retirement or maybe pass down to my kids someday. I don’t need it. I make more than enough for my own needs. Hell,