HEARTLESS BEAUTY
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{ } used for thinking
* * used for action
❄ used for being cold
💬 used for texting
📞 used for calling
CAPITAL LETTERS for shouting
Vienna Edens (fl)
Could I get another . . .
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Pops had told me that this bar was where the locals hung out.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Not only was it within walking distance of my new house in case I decided not to drive, but I was a local now}
Willie {bartender}
*gave her drink*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*smiled and rattled the ice in her glass*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*about to leave*
A deep, rugged voice caressed the room.
Willie {bartender}
*nodded* Elijah
Vienna Edens (fl)
{So he was Willie. And he could speak}
Willie {bartender}
Usual? *asked Elijah*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*pulled out the stool two down from Vienna*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*looking at Elijah* {He was the type of man who turned a woman’s head.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{One glimpse at his profile and the cocktail in front of me was unnecessary. Instead, I drank this man in head to toe.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Even seated, I could tell his legs were long, his thighs thick like the evergreen tree trunks from the forests outside of town}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{One of my mom’s favorite movies had been Legends of the Fall. She’d let me watch it at sixteen and we’d cried together}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{She’d always swooned over Brad Pitt as a sexy cowboy}
Whenever Vienna missed her, she'd put it on. The DVD was scratched and the clasp on the case was broken because she'd watched that movie countless times simply because it had been hers.
Vienna Edens (fl)
{If she could see Griffin, she’d be drooling too}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Though he was missing the hat and the horse, this guy was every cowboy fantasy come to life}
Vienna Edens (fl)
*turn her head & sipped her drink*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*piercing eyes at Vienna*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*breath hitched*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*gulped his drink*
Elijah took a single swallow of his drink, his Adam’s apple bobbing. Then his attention was on Vienna once more.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*eyes twinkled* Hi
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m Vinn
Vienna Edens (fl)
*held out a hand over the space between them*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Elijah *shook hand*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*shiver rolled down her spine*
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Holy hell}
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Where are you from?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*nodded* I went to college at Montana State.
Vienna Edens (fl)
Go Bobcats
Vienna Edens (fl)
*lifted my drink in a salute*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*returned the gesture*
Vienna Edens (fl)
{if he was at Willie’s . . . a local}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Local meant off-limits. Damn}
Vienna Edens (fl)
*disappointment and gulped her drink*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*moved to take the seat beside Vienna*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*sit close to Vienna*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Vinn. I like that name
Vienna Edens (fl)
{My full name was Vienna but very few people ever called me anything other than vinn or vinnie}
Vienna Edens (fl)
Are they related?
Vienna Edens (fl)
*pointed toward Willie and the man who look exactly like Willie*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Willie Senior is on our side of the bar. His son is mixing drinks
Vienna Edens (fl)
Father and son. Huh. I thought twins
Vienna Edens (fl)
Does Willie Senior have the same glowing personality as Willie junior?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*chuckled* It’s worse
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Every time I come through town, he gets crankier
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Wait. Did that mean . . . }
Vienna Edens (fl)
You don’t live in town?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*shook his head*No
Vienna Edens (fl)
*hiding her smile*
Vienna Edens (fl)
{So he wasn’t a local. Which meant flirting was harmless. Bless you}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{A hundred personal questions raced through my mind, but I dismissed them all}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{But I still wasn’t going to bombard this man with questions}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{He didn’t live here, and I’d save my questions for the people who did: my constituents.}
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Want to play a game?
Vienna Edens (fl)
Um . . . sure? I’ve never played before
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It’s easy
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Okay, Vinn. Loser buys the next round of drinks
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Good thing I had cash}
Elijah spent the next ten minutes explaining the rules and demonstrating
Then They played, game after game. After one more round
Vienna Edens (fl)
{I hadn’t had this much fun openly flirting with a man in, well . . . ever}
Vienna won some games & lost most. And when Willie finally announced that he was closing at one, the two of them walked outside to the darkened parking lot.
Vienna Edens (fl)
That was fun
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It was
Vienna Edens (fl)
{I slowed my steps because the last place I wanted to go was home alone}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{He must have had the same idea because his boots stopped on the pavement He inched closer}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Vienna Edens didn’t have one-night stands. I’d been too busy wasting years on the wrong man}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Elijah wasn’t the right man either, but I’d learned in my time as a cop that sometimes it wasn’t about choosing right from wrong}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{It was choosing the right wrongs.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Elijah. Tonight, I chose Elijah}
Vienna Edens (fl)
*closed the distance between them and stood on her toes*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*lifted a hand to his neck*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*pulling him down until his mouth hovered over her.*
Vienna Edens (fl)
Is that your car?
Vienna Edens (fl)
*flinging the covers off her ***** body and racing for the bathroom*
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ᑢᕼᗩᕵᖶᘿᖇ 2
Vienna Edens (fl)
*flinging the covers off her ***** body and racing for the bathroom*
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Late was not how I wanted to start the first day of my new job)
Vienna Edens (fl)
{There was an ache between my legs. Last night had been . . .Mind blowing. Toe curling}
Vienna Edens (fl)
(The best night I’d ever had with a man. Elijah knew exactly how to use that powerful body of his}
Vienna Edens (fl)
Damn it.
Vienna Edens (fl)
Stop thinking about last night Vienna
Vienna Edens (fl)
(I refused to regret Elijah Kicking off my new life in Town)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Maybe on his next trip through town, we’d bump into each other)
Vienna Edens (fl)
Oh, God. Please don’t let me be late
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Pops had told me specifically not to show up at the station looking fancy)
The sun was shining. The air was clean. The sky was blue in that small town
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m late
She Reached at police station
Vienna Edens (fl)
(I can do this job)
Vienna Edens (fl)
*went inside*
Vienna Edens (fl)
Good morning❄
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m Vienna Edens.❄
Officer Jackson (fl colleague)
The new chief. I know
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Most people were bound to think that the only reason I’d gotten the job as the Town chief of police was because my grandfather was the mayor)
Officer Jackson (fl colleague)
The mayor is waiting in your office
Vienna Edens (fl)
It was nice to meet you❄
Vienna Edens (fl)
*glanced at the nameplate* Officer Jackson❄
Officer Jackson (fl colleague)
*ignore her*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*went to her officer*
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Vinnie
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*offer hand for handshake*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*shook hand*
Vienna Edens (fl)
(I'm glad that he hadn’t tried to hug me)
Vienna Edens (fl)
Morning. Sorry I’m late.
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
I just got here myself
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*lean close & whisper* You doing okay?
Vienna Edens (fl)
*whisoer* Nervous
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*small smile* You’ll do great
Vienna Edens (fl)
(I could do this job.)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Yes, I was young, but I met the qualifications. I’d worked for ten years with the Cowan Police Department)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Maybe my welcome would have been warmer if I were a man)
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Let me introduce you to Hanna
Vienna Edens (fl)
*held out her hand* I'm Vienna Edens, New Chief
Hanna (fl assistant}
*shook hand* I'm Hanna I'll be your assistant
They toured the station, meeting the officers not out on patrol.
Officer Jackson had been one of the candidates for chief, and Hanna told Vienna that he’d been a grumpy asshole since the day he’d been rejected.
Hanna (fl assistant}
You’ll meet most of the department this afternoon at shift change
Vienna Edens (fl)
I was planning on staying late one evening this week to meet the night shift too
Hanna (fl assistant}
Tomorrow, the county sheriff is coming in to meet you
Hanna (fl assistant}
*reading her schedule* Ten o’clock. His staff is twice the size of ours but he has more ground to cover.
Hanna (fl assistant}
For the most part, their team stays out of our way, but he’s always willing to step in if you need help
Vienna Edens (fl)
Good to know
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
How’s your head? *pop out*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*put her hands by her ears*
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
You’ll catch on
Hanna (fl assistant}
Yes, you will
Vienna Edens (fl)
Thank you for everything *look at hanna*
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m really looking forward to working with you
Hanna (fl assistant}
*smile* Likewise
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Let’s go grab some lunch
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Then I’ve got to get to my own office, and I’ll let you come back here and settle in
Hanna (fl assistant}
I’ll be here when you get back
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
How about we eat at The Ashley?
Vienna Edens (fl)
The hotel?
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*nodded* It would be good for you to spend some time there
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Get to know the Andersen
The Andersen. Town’s founding family
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
They own the hotel, remember?
Vienna Edens (fl)
I remember
Vienna Edens (fl)
I just didn’t realize there was a restaurant in the hotel these days
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
The Andersen started the hotel’s restaurant about four years ago
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
It’s the best place in town, in my opinion.
Vienna Edens (fl)
Then let’s eat
Vienna Edens (fl)
*goes to her car*
Vienna Edens (fl)
Meet you there
They went inside the hotel
A young woman with a sweet face stood in front of them
Vienna Edens (fl)
*whisper* who's that?
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Ashley Andersen. She took over as manager this past winter
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*waved at her*
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
They just put in those windows
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*point window*
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Last time I talked to kurt, he said this fall they’ll be remodeling this whole space
They sat down on resturent table in The Ashley
Vienna Edens (fl)
Which of the Andersen runs the restaurant?
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Abel. He’s Kurt and Mary’s second oldest son.
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Ashley is their youngest daughter
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Kurt and Mary, the parents. Abel, a son. Ashley, a daughter. There were likely many more Andersen to meet)
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
They’re good people
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
You’ve met Kurt. Mary's a sweetheart
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Their opinion carries a lot of weight around here. So does Elijah’s
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Elijah. Did he say Elijah?)
Vienna Edens (fl)
*stomach dropped*
Vienna Edens (fl)
(No. This couldn’t be happening. It had to be a mistake. There had to be another Elijah, one who didn’t live in Town)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(I’d specifically asked him last night if he lived in town and he’d said no. Hadn’t he?)
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Hey, Harri
Vienna Edens (fl)
*turned back*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*Shocked & body went still*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*smile*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*shocked*
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Had he known who I was last night? Had that been some sort of test or trick?)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Doubtful. He looked as surprised to see me as I was to see him.)
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Hey kurt *shake his hand*
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*point at Vienna* you remember my Grand daughter, Vienna
Elijah Andersen (ml)
ELIJAH ANDERSEN (ml)
eldest son of Kurt and Mary Andersen
owner of The family Ranch buisness
caring toward her Siblings
love them a lot
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
KURT ANDERSEN (ml father)
Loves his family a lot
Most respective person of towm
Own moat of Shop hotels & Resturent
Hanna (fl assistant}
HANNA (fl assistant)
Hard working and loyal to Fl
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
HARRISON EDENS {fl grandpa}
mayor of the town
Family-only Vienna
Vienna Edens (fl)
VIENNA EDENS (fl)
Cop
New Chief of the town
she used to live with her parents in Cowan
lost her parents in a accident
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Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*point at Vienna* you remember my Grand daughter, Vienna
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Of course
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*turn to Vienna & shake hand*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Welcome. We’re glad to have you as our new chief of police.
Vienna Edens (fl)
*smile* Thank you
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m glad to be here.
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Would you like to join us?
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
We’d love to
Both Elijah and Kurt said at the same time
Harrison & Kurt took their chairs, leaving Elijah and Vienna to introduce ourselves.
Vienna Edens (fl)
*swallowed hard & extended her hand*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*glared at her hand*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*deep voice* Elijah
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Elijah Andersen)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(My one-night stand. So much for serendipity)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(Vinn. She’d told me her name was Vinn)
They did their lunch in Awkward Environment
Elijah was Heading toward Ranch
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(She was Vienna Edens a name I sure as hell would have recognized. Dad had been talking about her for weeks)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(She was supposed to be a goddamn tourist)
Mathew (ml worker)
You okay, Eli?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*grunted*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(What a f@xking mess. It had been a days since lunch at The Ashley and I was still pissed at myself)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(Vienna Edens Not someone I should have f@xked in the backseat)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(Dad had spoken so highly of her and her experience that I’d pictured an entirely different woman in my mind. Someone older)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I was still struggling to fit Vinn to Vienna)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I hated that I missed Vinn’s perfume)
He spend his whole day thing about Vienna
Mathew (ml worker)
Nice day
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It is
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I’m going to drop you off at the shop
Elijah Andersen (ml)
You can take the fencing truck and head out to the meadow that runs along the road to Ridge
Elijah Andersen (ml)
they’ll be turning out cattle into that pasture in the next few weeks and I noticed some spots that need fixing when I was driving out there the other day
Mathew (ml worker)
*nodded* Sure thing.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
As far as you can.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
By Friday, I’d like to have that whole area finished
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Call me if you need anything
Mathew (ml worker)
Will do
Elijah went to his parents' house
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Hi Mom
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Hi Son
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Got time for coffee or are you already off to the next thing?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I need to keep moving, but I wouldn’t say no to a travel mug
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
I just brewed a fresh pot
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*reading newspaper*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Hi, Dad.
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Hi there
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*taking his glasses off* What’s going on today?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I was hoping you might have time to run into town and pick up a bundle of steel fence posts at the Farm and Feed
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Sure *nodded*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
I’ll do it when I’m done with the paper
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
He’s only read it twice already. *roll her eyes*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Just the one article about Vienna
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
The Walter did a piss-poor job on this one.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*stepped closer leaning in to read newspaper*
There was a Article about Vienna with her Old picture of Police Academy
The photo was ten years old.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Are you really surprised?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
You know the Walter have always hated Harrison
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
That was seven years ago
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Does it matter?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It could have been seventy and they’d still hold a grudge.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I guess the Walter had no plans to be kind to Vinn either)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(What kind of experience could vinn have this far into her career?)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(If something disastrous happened, I didn’t want the chief dropping the oars in the water when we’d need a steady captain at the helm)
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
*bring coffee for him*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Thanks for the refill.
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
*kiss his cheek* Of course
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Dinner tonight?
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Abel isn’t working at the restaurant and Michael doesn’t have a shift at the hotel
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Sia and Tia both said they could come over around six
Elijah Andersen (ml)
What about Ashley?
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
She’s coming over after the night clerk arrives at the hotel, probably around seven.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I’ll do my best
Elijah Andersen (ml)
See you later. Thanks again for picking up those posts, Dad
Cornoe {ml cousin}
Hiya, Eli
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Hey. How’s it coming?
Cornoe {ml cousin}
Oh, I’ll get it fixed
Cornoe {ml cousin}
Good news
And indulge himself in work
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I needed a day of hard, manual labor. Maybe if I exhausted myself, I’d sleep without dreaming of Winn)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞Hey Mathew
Mathew (ml worker)
📞*panic* Elijah
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞*stilled* What’s wrong? Are you hurt
Mathew (ml worker)
📞It’s . . .
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞It’s what? Talk to me.
Mathew (ml worker)
📞I started at Ridge. That corner post
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞Yeah
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞 Mathew, tell me what happened?
Mathew (ml worker)
📞*sobbing*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞I’m on my way
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*ran outside*
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
MARY ANDERSEN (ml mother)
Have 6 children
used to be Chef at family Hotel
loves her family a lot
kind
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