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"I won’t I proht’ve an to leave, but she turned hers over quickly She grasped onto his hand, and held it "Thank you" Dani was staring right into his eyes Only a few inches separated therin "Erica was right She once said your eyes could spin a rock into a frenzy I see what she o"

"I still remember" Dani saw the dreaminess of his eyes They were a dark brown, and they were al now They could s Erica hadn’t There was a cale in theuy everyone thinks you are, are you?"

"No" He regarded her with a faint grin "I know one of your secrets Now you know one of mine"

She sat on the bench for another ten o back to the beer gardens with him, but she didn’t have it in her When he left, it was an odd feeling that settled over her She felt comforted, but also exposed One of her secrets wasn’t a secret anyone into detail, but he knew about the storm Her head was down as she walked the rest of the path around the pond, circling it tohere her car was parked

"Dani"

She looked up now and saw Aiden waving to her The group had ardens It was the closest to the where the cars were lined up

Jonah sat at the end of their table, with a redhead trying to hang on hi her attention, instead listening to Hawk across the table, but Dani could tell the redhead wasn’t giving up Hawk had his ooman, clad in black leather, and they see to her "Hey, are you leaving?"

"I think that’s for the best I don’t want to air any ain Apparently, I’ht I think it’s time to turn in"

"Look" Aiden’s tone turned serious "I wasn’t outside when you talked to your sister, but in case you’re leaving because of Kate, I want you to know she’s not always this power hungry She told me about your conversation earlier today and how she wants you to break up Julia and Jake She’s not using you or anything, if that’s what you were concerned about It’s just she’s affected more than the rest of us I have Jonah and everyone loves Bubba Robbie’s accepted no matter what, you know? Everyone thinks Stilts is thetime So for most of us, yeah, we’re affected by the small-town politics, but it’s more for Kate She’s--"

"Not accepted" Dani could relate

"Yeah" Aiden looked guilty "Kate was so excited when she heard you were back in town Julia has one out of her way to be cruel to Kate and everyone knows it’s just because Kate is Jake’s partner She thinks he’s going to leave her for Kate or so"

"Kate’s not an O’Hara" Dani rolled her eyes "Doesn’t Julia know? That’s a dating require that to your sister’s jealousy It rears an ugly head sometimes"

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