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blonde came to the podium.
     
    “Hello. Can I ask how many there are in your party please?”
     
    “There’s just me but can I sit at the bar?”
     
    “Sure. Go ahead. It's first come first serve. Just walk right in.”
     
    “Okay. Thanks.” She walked through the swinging doors and the old bar was there. It looked like maybe they had just added onto the restaurant and kept the bar the same. She looked over the bar and took a seat. An old man from the end of the bar turned and smiled at her.
     
    “Look at that. Little Miss Keeara all grown up. Come over here, girl, and give Ole Sam a hug.”
     
    Keeara turned at the voice and her face split out in a grin. Sam was just a few years younger than her grandfather and was still in good shape as well. His long hair was still pulled back in a ponytail but it had faded over the years and turned silver in color. His bulking frame was still the same although there were a few extra wrinkles here and there. He wore his famous jeans and white T-shirt. She didn’t think she had ever seen him in anything other than that ensemble. She hugged him back when she was enveloped into his huge frame. He turned towards the back door just as a tall man came through the door. She recognized the man instantly.
     
    “Hey beautiful. Nice to see you around these parts.” Jester’s jungle green eyes twinkled as he looked at her. He went behind the bar and started mixing a drink. “Let me get you a drink. Something special on the house.”
     
    “Oh I can pay for my drink, Jester. It is good to see you too.”
     
    “So you have met my grandson? Let me tell you, he is an adventurous one. He likes to mix things behind that counter and you don’t always want some of the inventions he gives you.” The old man made a funny face and Jester burst out laughing.“Let him get it. Really, my dear. I bet your folks are happy you’re here. I heard you were in town for awhile. Your dad said that you got a job at the paper. Good thing too. That boy over there has been way in over his head for awhile. Guess we’re lucky though cause without him the whole thing would have shut down.” There was an unordinary sparkle in the old man’s eyes when he spoke of Craig Jenkins.
     
    “Yeah. But let me tell you, if I had known who he was…”
     
    “Oh come on now, girl. He isn’t like the rest of them, you know? Do you ever remember going to school with a Craig Jenkins? Didn’t think so. You see, Old Man Jenkins had five children. I'm sure you already know that but do you know what happened to all of them?”
     
    “No. Do you know?”
     
    “That feud between your great grandpa and Old Man Jenkins is history around these parts. You see, out of the five children, there were two girls and three boys. All of them went on to have families of their own except the youngest daughter Desiree. She ended up leaving to go to a convent somewhere in Oregon. As rumor has it, there was a falling out between the two oldest boys and the youngest. Something about getting with the wrong woman. Well Tyler Jenkins fell in love and married a woman by the name of Louise Parker. This didn’t sit well with the older two boys and Old Man Jenkins.”
     
    “How horrible. He loved her.”
     
    “Yes, my dear, and he wouldn’t give her up. Instead he married her. Now the oldest girl Alexandria married and moved from the homestead into town. The other big problem was that Tyler wanted nothing to do with the feud. He was caught multiple times saying that it was stupid and he wouldn’t waste his time on it. When it all went down, Tyler left the homestead and went to live in Austin, Texas. I don’t know what happened except years ago, a man by the name of Damon Jenkins came to town. It was during the war and he was a soldier. According to him, the family drama got worse when they found out that Louise was barren.”
     
    “Wow. Did anyone check into it? I mean anyone can claim that they are someone.”
     
    He nodded.