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"Can we go out into the hall and talk for a minute?" Colton asks, his voice whisper soft

"Hear him out, kid Do it for me," Pace says, dimples out in full force, like he knows they’re iive an i him into the hall He flew halfway around the world; the least I could do was listen to his explanation Maybe it will give et the answers I need to ure out where we stand with respect to the large chunk of ed between us He never collected on his end of the bargain after all, I ain

Once we’re out in the hall, Colton stands beforedirectly into my eyes "So, that’s Becca, huh?" He tips his head toward the door

"Yeah"

"She looks good – healthy, I mean"

I nod "Yeah, the treatoes in for another round in teeks, but with everything that’s happened, it seeet away – for both of us" She and I have never done anything like this, but it was part of

He nods "I see"

We’re silent for several seconds and Colton’s hand twitches like he wants to touchaway to another country have anything to do with…Stella?"

I flinch involuntarily I hate that he’s just said her naes of that day in the pool, when my whole little world shattered In the country of Italy, her name should not exist

"Will you tellyou want to know"

"Are you getting divorced?"

"That’s up for debate"’

"Then I’ the knob