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"So," she asked as the second knot ca have you known Kelly?"

"He doesn't like to be called Kelly," Owen said

"You call him that"

"And he co have you known Kellen?"

"We aren't supposed to be getting personal Reuess I'll just come to my own conclusions about the two of you then," she said, working at a third knot, but taking her sweet ti it

Owen stiffened "What kind of conclusions?"

"That you're in love with hio after wos for a man"

"That's one possible explanation," Owen said, surprising her yet again by not saying what she expected

"Is it the correct one?" She didn't want it to be She had no proble with Owen unless he was in love with someone already If that was the case, then she felt in her heart that she was the other woman Or maybe the only woman in this particular case

"No," Owen said with such conviction that she believed him "I'm not in love with him"

"In lust with him?"

"I'm not sure"

"Have you been in lust with a man before?"

"Never And I'm not sure I' at the lanced over his shoulder at her "Except that I'd really like to be untied now"

"I' with unnecessarily and s for you?"

"He doesn't have feelings for anyone anymore"

"And why's that?" Sheto connect on a more personal level? She wouldn'twas new to her, and she wasn't sure if she could forget this guy that easily Wasn’t sure she wanted to forget him So far, he was pretty terrific

"He was in love with a woman Planned to marry her"

"Was?"

"She died"

E She’d lost her sister a few years before, she still felt as if a gaping hole was eating its way through her heart whenever she thought about Morgan The sad thing was, she thought about Morgan less and less as ti farther away "He's still grieving?"

"Yeah, I'rieve for her"

"Probably But it will lessen with ti on Caitlyn did

"It's already been five years"

"That's not so long, really"

"It is when you're twenty-seven"