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This was insane "You were young Me, too I don’t knohat happened, but I should remember you I don’t There are lapses with both of us, but AJ did nothing except try to raiserapidly "I know I…" She let out a resigned breath "I’ into too much too quickly? Maybe we should scale back I estured to Carter "I never would’ve known about you if it weren’t for him Carter Reed You’re with Carter Reed I saw you on television and fell off the couch"

A ball of tension started to loosen inside h with her The DNA tests were done This was my sister, no matter what Whatever had happened in the past, whatever she felt about AJ, this was stillhow she couldn’t believe it was me and had Kevin, her faator, I realized I really did want to get to know her She was different than me--I knew there were differences between us, but I felt a connection, too She was like me in some ways I wanted to find out all of the to a stop "Carter Reed, huh?"

I nodded "Yeah"

"He’s, uh…" She waved a hand toward hi going for hiht to ot myself worked into a frenzy I declared it was now or never" She laughed "I can be a little draazine that it was the safest of all his nightclubs" She laughed to herself "When they searched us and told us we had to come with them, I think he al in his boots"

She was fond of him, but there were no romantic undertones

"Who is Kevin to you?" I asked "You said he was a fa to ood people? Was she loved? I looked at her hand There was a ring on her finger That an fiddling with her ring "He greith me When I was adopted, I moved to Hillcrest It’s an uppity town, and my family ealthy Kevin’s fauess you could call me a socialite This--you and who you’re with--has everyone salivating back hoirls I knoanted to come with us Then our PI told us you were in New York, and we hopped another plane to co Kevin You asked about hoe know each other"

Her head bobbed up and down She kept playing with her ring "Kevin was friends with Jaled her fingers in the air, pointing at the ring "Jao He cheated on me Like, with thirty women, so Kevin choseat round with a distant expression on her face I saw the pain there I heard it and felt it My own pain recognized it i her, and comfort her

I didn’t I held back and reminded myself that I didn’t know this woman She had my face, but she had a whole other life

"I’m sorry," I murmured

"Yeah," her voice was hoarse "Anyways, maybe--I mean--can we shelf this?" A tear slid down her cheek, and she brushed it aith the back of her hand The entire ant After a"It’s obvious that you’re loved very et to know each other? Maybe even ht? I’ll leave Nervous Kevin behind"

Emma had a sister Wonderful

Truly, wonderful That had been my first response She et et hts about this new chapter in Emma’s life

But that had been then That hen the woman was far away Emma didn’t know her She wasn’t in our lives This was now

Emma had a sister--I hated it We needed to move Emma needed to be hidden, but instead, ere in a warehouse while she chatted about the past with this stranger And her man looked ready to bolt or mess himself My men had taken their phones away, but if they hadn’t, I had no doubt this man would’ve called the police just because he was scared

He wasn’t worth our ti Eer we stayed in town, the rowl formed in the pit of my throat It wanted to be unleashed, but I forced it back down I forcedEmma spend this time with her sister, when I wanted to rip open the door, haul her out, and keep her safe

I couldn’t do that either

She needed this tioals at odds with each other

Stand Be on guard Wait Those were my only options

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