“Shit,” Beau says from beside me. “I forgot the ribbon at the house.” Another thing he wanted to do was the official cutting of the ribbon for the bar. “It was on my desk, and I even told myself not to forget it.”

“You can call Grady,” Jacob says. “He’s on duty now, and he said he’ll be swinging by when he can.”

“Great idea,” Beau says and sends him a message. “Okay, Mrs. Mayor, it’s time to greet the people.” He grabs my hand, and we walk around, saying hello to everyone. Beau poses for some pictures while people actually talk to me. It is nothing like the dinner that I attended.

I get more hugs that day than I have ever gotten in all this town. I have men coming up to me, telling me they miss the bar and that they are excited it’s reopening. I have the women asking me if I would ever think about having ladies’ night where some of them are talking about having dancers come in.

I laugh and look over at Beau, who is looking down at his phone. “What’s up, Grady?” The smile on his face disappears. “What? Where?” He looks at me, and then I see Jacob running over to us.

“Don’t make a scene.” I hear Jacob beside Beau, my eyes going from one to the other.

“What’s happening?” I ask, and Beau looks at Jacob.

“We have to go, and it has to be quiet,” he says, and the two of them are walking away. I run to keep up with them, and it’s like we are young all over again. Me chasing them.

“You are not coming with us,” Jacob says over his shoulder, and then Beau looks over his.

“You stay here, and I’ll call you as soon as we know something,” he says, and I glare at him. “Don’t look at me like that, Savannah.” He stops right next to Jacob’s car, and now Kallie is walking over to us followed by Casey and Olivia. “You have all these people here.” He points at the crowd. “You can’t just leave.”

“One-half of these people are here to meet the ‘hot mayor’ as one of the women said. Two, there is something going on, and you are hiding it from me, and …” I fold my hands over my chest. “I don’t like it.”

“What’s going on?” Kallie asks from beside me.

“I have no idea,” I say to her. “But these two got phone calls and were off running to leave.”

“Listen,” Jacob says. “We don’t have time for this.” He looks at Kallie. “I have to go; it’s police business.”

“Then why is Beau going?” she asks the question I want to ask.