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"No It doesn't reed "But I've alondered if it was Nick's decision to leave Harte Investe If As out For Carson's sake, if nothing else She loved hiood mother" Hannah touched her still-flat storown accustomed to the sense of wonder that acco place inside her "No one would ever say otherwise Especially not in front of Nick"
"True But if I'e, it ht explain why Nick has been so careful to avoid a serious relationship in the years since A hi another mistake?"
"He's a Harte We're not supposed to screhen it coet it right every tiht be doubly cautious this tiood reason After all, it isn't just hiot Carson to consider, too"
Hannah hesitated aof children…"
Okay, so she'd over overreacted
So suelot at the end of the row of shops and switched off the engine A wory when she surfaced after a bout ofsex and discovered that thesex was heading for the door
The least he could have done wasthe unseeiving hi town at the end of the suot out of the car, dropped the keys into her purse, and sla short of both te on Nick thisHer emotions were so in to sort the was indisputable, however She ell aware that she had no one to blame but herself for this untenable situation and that, of course, onlyShe had knohat she was getting into when she made the decision to take some chances with Hardhearted Harte
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It occurred to her that, in addition to feeling pissed off, she also felt strong and decisive this etic Bold Powerful Gutsy
She stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, struck by that realization
Everything seemed sharper and clearer today She was intensely aware of the bright sun and the glare of the light on the bay She was eager to open the gallery and frame the rest of the children's pictures
Yes, she was ood--cleansing in some weird way that she could not explain
She was alallery when she belatedly reht She had left it in the backseat
With a groan, she turned around and went back to the parking lot to retrieve it This ti the
The power had not failed in the heart of Eclipse Bay, she noticed The lights inside the gallery worked when she flipped the switch and the security system was still functional She punched in the code to disarm it and went around the counter to open the door of the back roo rong
It took her a couple of seconds to focus on what it was that seeone