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“Jesse.”

His head jerked up and a rare, involuntary smile lit his thin features. “Chief Deputy Delaney, soon-to-be Wade.”

He scooted out from the booth to hug her. Then turned and nodded to her companion. “Tina.”

“Jesse.” Scarlatina Snow, a pretty Blackfoot artist that lived off the reservation, nodded back.

“Join me?” He motioned toward the other side of the plain wooden booth.

The women scooted in.

“Here to hear Full Moon?” Full Moon always played on Wednesdays. He and Blair were both fans of the band that played hard rock with a native twist.

“Does a wild bear do its business in the forest?” Blair shouted above the noise.

She looked up and caught Jerry’s eye, a young Blackfoot riding the stick, and held up two fingers. He nodded and smiled.

A moment later, a pretty young twenty-something waitress wound gracefully through the gyrating figures on the dance floor and deposited the beers. “Hi, Blair. Tina.”

“Hey, Margo.”

“Want another, Chief?” Margo swiped the table with a damp rag.

“I’m good.”

The waitress smiled, nodded and turned in the direction of the bar. She got snagged by a nearby table before she’d taken two steps.

“I’m surprised Mateo let you out alone.” Jesse took a sip of his beer. That was an understatement with Layla on the loose.

“Oh, please. Just because we’re getting married doesn’t mean we’re linked at the hip.” She waved off the notion with a careless gesture from a hand with short, unvarnished nails. An antique, oval turquoise, edged with silver, on her left finger. “Besides, it’s Wednesday night, girls’ night out.”

“Right?” She twisted toward Tina.

“Right.” Tina raised her glass.

They sat at the back booth, Jesse facing the door.

“Oh yeah? Tell him that.”

 “What?” Blair’s forehead beetled in confusion.

He nodded toward the door.