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"Don’t worry I’ll bring you back later You’ve never seen anything until you see the sunsets here"

"You’ve been here," she said, her little eyebrows drawn together

"Yes," I answered, keeping my hands on the wheel and off her As the streets narrowed, I slowed to alate above us, and I quickly snagged one of the flowers, tucking it behind her ear as I brought ers tracing the outline of the flower

"Yes"

She rolled her eyes "Are you going to explain yourself?"

I couldn’t stop rin "In about tenyou want," I pro the soft skin on the back of it

When I lowered our hands to the console between us, she didn’t let go

I kneere on tentative ground, where our relationship had no definition, but that alsoher hand into stop to exa to enjoy it

We neared the other side of the island, where we pulled off onto a dirt road that led to a large white arched gate "I keep telling her that she needs ht through

The house itself hite and fairly large by Mykonos standards, single-level until it followed the terrace of the natural landscape down the hill behind it toward the beach

We pulled into the circular driveway, and I kissed Leah’s hand again "I need you to know soo in there"

"Okay?" she said, her eyes darting between me and the woman who had run out of the front door, her arht another wo toimpression Because this was et the hell off the grid, and I didn’t want so about it

Because ave o and ju out of the Jeep

"Honey, I’ure raced into my arms She was still too da her in a circle

"Put hed in my ear

I did, my s about her, but nothingprecious "I look the sao"

"Liar," she accusedto meet me?" She took my hand and turned us to where Leah stood outside the Jeep, her knuckles white where she gripped her little backpack

I moved toward Leah until she took my outstretched hand, her eyes wide and all thefor her nervousness "Leah, I’d like you to meet e of keeping ht and narrow this year"

"Your mom?" Leah said softly