The Best of Us by Ursula Gorman Page B

much more she could take.
    The bell jingled and both Carly and Glynna looked to see who it was, they were both hoping it was Daniel.
    “ Hi Harm.” Carly smiled warmly at him, “What are you up to?”
    “ Hey doll, just thought I would come see one of my all time favorite people.” Harm turned to look at Glynna, “Hi Glynna, how are you?”
    “ Wonderful thank you. I haven’t seen you for a while.” Glynna looked him up and down, “You look better than last time I saw you.”
    Carly was shocked, the last time that Glynna had seen Harm was at the hospital when he was recuperating from his injuries from the smoke jump that had all but ended his career. He was still trying to get back out there, even though he had been recertified to jump, his supervisor refused to take him off medical leave.
    “ Well, I’m uh, doing much better thanks.” Harm turned to see the look of disbelief Carly still had on her face as she stared at Glynna. It made him smile; Carly was as protective over his family as they were over her.
    “ Carly, what are you doing after you lock up for the day?” Harm would just act as if Glynna wasn’t there.
    Carly turned and gave him an apologetic smile, silently apologizing for the rudeness of Glynna’s words. He smiled again to let her know that Glynna wasn’t important. “I’m not doing anything, why?”
    “ I would like to take you to dinner.”
    “ Well Carly, looks like you got the attention of a Wayne boy, just not the one you wanted.” Glynna made a tsking sound.
    Carly closed her eyes, took a deep breath and counted to ten. When she opened her eyes, she saw Harm trying not to laugh. She gave him an ‘ I’ll get even’ look. “That sounds great Harm. What’s the occasion?”
    “ I just haven’t gotten to see you for awhile and thought it would be a good time to catch up.”
    Carly knew there was more to it but wouldn’t press while Glynna was there. Luckily it was almost closing time so Harm hung around and waited and Glynna decided she wasn’t going to get anywhere with Carly while he was around so she left.
    “ Finally!” Carly breathed a sigh of relief.
    Harm laughed. “You got a new friend there Carly?”
    “ Heavens no! She is trying to convince me that I can’t run the store alone and that I need her expertise. She is also trying to make sure I know that Daniel and I could never be and that she is the one for him.”
    Carly thought Harm would laugh or make fun of her but instead he said, “Shows what she knows.” What an odd thing for him to say.
    “ Listen, I have ten more minutes and then I can lock up.”
    “ Not a problem, I’ll just look around a bit.”
    Carly was starting to count down the money in the drawer when the bell jingled. She looked up and froze. Trevor was standing there; Trevor, the one that broke Jenna’s heart. They just stared at each other for a space of a couple of heartbeats.
    “ Hello Trevor.” The iciness in her voice didn’t go unnoticed.
    “ Hi Carly.” Trevor seemed very nervous. “How are you?”
    “ What do you want?” Carly was in no mood to be civil.
    “ I see you still hate me. I had hoped you would have forgiven me since…” he trailed off.
    “ Since? Since what? Since Jenna is gone? Not gonna happen.”
    Trevor shifted his feet uncomfortably. “I just wanted to, I mean, I just needed to,”
    Carly waited to see what he was going to say.
    “ What I mean is, now that Jenna is gone and she doesn’t need it, I was wondering if I could get the engagement ring back?”
    “ You’ve got to be kidding me!” Carly was outraged and Harm heard it over the blood pounding in his ears. He had started back to the front when he heard the bell and had heard the last thing Trevor had said.
    “ You son of a…Get out of here! Don’t you ever step foot in this store again. Do you hear me?” Carly was coming around the counter, Harm cut her off when he came toward Trevor. Trevor hadn’t been aware that he was there until it