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"You’re a e a tire without her around, can you?"

Zach knew he should be thanking his brother for the new tire Instead, he growled, "You’re not safe, assle If this can happen toin love, of course "--it can happen to anyone"

But the brother that was close enough in age for them to practically be twins didn’t look worried as he walked away He should be, thought Zach And when the day ca to uts in it

Finally, with the new spare in hand, he startedheadway Fiveout a way to make up his colossal screwup to Heather There had to be soy, he just wished he knehat it was

Just then, so wet and sticky and overly wared his head on the sideand it took his vision a couple of seconds to right itself, he could e paws

Heather

He jaainst hard metal as he shot to his feet The wole second stood on the sidewalk

My God, she was beautiful The ers itched with the need to grab her, to pull her into his arers into her hair and kiss her

"Hi"

The one short word, h skin and bone, straight into Zach’s heart A heart that had finally started beating again Just because she was near

"I’ in his life, but he would say the words over and over to her until she believed hiet this tire on so I could come and tell you Iyourfros that you’re going to wish I’d never opened the floodgates"

She looked like she could hardly believe what he was saying, but then shock turned tointo his arms

He put his hands in her hair and had his mouth a breath fro he was covered in grease and sweat, he asked, "Because I stink?"