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My heart lurched "Yeah?"

"Yeah," he said "Now that I’ve fully coot your hands on that dress?"

"Am I under arrest, Officer?"

"Not yet"

"Should I hire a lawyer?"

"Not unless you’ve got so to hide"

I felt a blush spread from my chest to

I explained how I’d found the dress, trying to make myself look as sane and innocent as possible

Sean’s grin turned into a belly-rue bird"

I’d spentto fit into the ht on a strange sense of panic "I think anyone would have done the saing in the first place" He drew ainst my back "I think you’re phenomenal I like that you’re offbeat I like even more that you have no clue that you are"

He held ot to admit I’m curious as to why Bill would bury his wife’s dress in the backyard"

"Can you look into it?"

He nodded "So to be surprised by e find out That nition on Sean’s face that told ht be true," I said, "but I’m more concerned with her whereabouts I’ve lived next door to Mr Eckhardt for over ten years, and I’ve never once seen a hint of a wife He’s got a nepheho cohbors pause to talk to him every so often, but that’s pretty much it"

"That’s sad," Sean said

"It is"

"Sometimes people never really learn to connect with other people"

I smiled at him "You don’t have that probleain Under the stars In your beautiful garden With all those people staring at us"

I took a deep breath I could connect, too "I would like that," I said "Very much"