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Della

Jasmine may have only been a couple minutes older than Jocelyn but she seemed years older She laid out on a towel as if she were a teenager and talked toabout, but I tried hard to follow along

Jocelyn and July asked me to build a sand castle with them, then we played in the waves until searapped around July's leg and sent her screairls gave us a chance, but I preferred playing with theood father They loved hi

"Are you going to co to Mo" Jasmine watched me carefully

I wasn't prepared for that question She had waited until her otten up to take July to the restrooure out why Nile would even think to ask me to come live with them I was happy here I had a home

"I have a home here," I told her

She nodded "Yeah, but Daddy said you aren't engaged and it didn't look like you were going to get engaged He was thinking you could live with us and go to college We could be your family"

I was pretty sure Nile had never meant for me to know about this conversation "I don't think we should be talking about this If your dad wants me to know about it, then he will talk to me about it"

Jas to Just so you know"

Was this kid really nine? She acted like she was fifteen

"Here colanced back overtoward us in a pair of blue and yellow plaid shorts and a white polo shirt He looked like he'd just walked off the golf course

"Daddy," Jocelyn squealed from next to her atte to hied her Then he pretended to care that she'd gotten sand on him It was cute

"Hey, Daddy, what did you shoot?"

"Seventy-nine I'm rusty Woods shot a seventy It was iotten to spend ti hoain

"How have you girls fared out here on the beach?" he asked, sitting down beside ot seaweed on her leg, I think we've done brilliantly," I told hihed "It was epic"

Nile looked over at her and grinned "I can only iine" He looked around "Where are Jillian and July?"