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“Everyone helping everyone else? Or is that just because it’s Christmas?” Noelle asked.

“I think,” Kevin answered, “Christmas inspires everyone to be generous. But Laramie is a great place, year round. People here take care of each other.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it.”

“You being a big-city girl and all,” he teased.

“Houston has its perks, but a small-town feel is not one of them,” Noelle replied. Then she changed the subject. “What kinds of cases are you working on?”

“Yesterday, there was the case of the missing leaf blower,” Kevin said with exaggerated seriousness. “Turned out to be in the caller’s backyard. He’d just forgotten to bring it in, and panicked when he didn’t see it in his garage.”

A mixture of amusement and respect sparkled in her eyes. “That sounds…”

“Pedestrian? I guess it is. But compared to things I saw when I worked on other police forces—let’s just say I prefer small-town problems.”

“And small-town women?” Noelle asked. “Do you prefer them, too?”