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"Good idea," Juan said And he put the tip of the shovel against the board on the top as Travis pushed on the bottoainst the hard fire Mike and Jenni joined the the board as a shield, they shoved the zoate shuddered and leaped closed The hed with relief and lowered the rifle A few arates Soan hacking at the li, until Juan pulled her back Jenni flung her arered backwards, then fell into a heap Travis and Mike high-fived and Travis shed and ran a hand over her forehead, feeling the thick sweat slick on her fingers

"You’re fucking crazy, Loca," Juan teased Jenni as he helped her to her feet

"I kept your ass alive!"

"Yeah, so, what, I owe you?"

"Yep!"

Juan pulled out his wallet and thuh some now obsolete bills "How about a buck"

Jenni s war

It was then that Belindadown her face Katie saw Jenni quickly back away from Juan and Juan looked up expectantly

But Belinda ran to Mike, flung her ar to each other Travis even looked surprised Juan’s expression was beyond words

Katie watched as Jenni walked up to Juan and put her hand lightly on his shoulder

But there was no ti on, because the fort was victorious onceover the bridge to clireat their heroes

Travis accepted their hugs and handshakes, smacks on the back, and even a kiss on the cheek or two, but he finallyher close, he kissed her lips lightly "I’ to wait"

Katie was in tears and nodded and hugged hi tihed and se of Lydia flickered in her ht

"I can wait, Katie," a voice said And she wasn’t sure if it was Lydia or Travis and she was afraid

Chapter 19

1 Twists and Turns

Jenni followed Juan through the throng of celebrants and up out of the new entryway Mike and a few other workers were busy hacking off the li through the gates as it closed Juan wasn’t talking and Jenni knehy

Belinda rushing to Mike had startled everyone She had briefly seen Travis and Katie e and in that moment had realized what Juan had told her was true The tall, handsome man with the sad eyes was in love with her best friend

It didn’t bother her, though Her crush on Travis had long faded Theout with hiuy friend For awhile she had flirted with hieously and he had obviously enjoyed it, but he had never noticed or taken her cues that she was ready to be ravished Now she was glad he had been oblivious Being tangled up with Travis would have only coh because Katie was gay She felt pretty bad that Travis was setting hi that hurt all too clearly right now

"Juan?"

"Loca, I’m not in the mood," Juan answered briskly as he headed down into the fort

"I was just going to say how sorry-"

Juan turned toward her, pointing at her with a fierce look on his face

"Don’t"

Jenni nodded "Okay"

Juan turned on the very ht for the city hall Peggy was there talking to the tcos already looked strained and heated and Juanreasy face<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>