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As soon as she was upright, he tugged her into his ar her that he kne to kiss Georgia’s head was pleasantlythat happy little hum when I kiss you Gets me all kinds of curious about what other noises you hed softly “Don’t get ht”

Tell frowned “What’s that supposed to er Shack in Hulett Best burgers around Been there yet?”

“No But first ice creaers? You’d better have a plan to help me work off these extra calories, Tell McKay”

“I do”

“Which is…?” Should she mention sex burned a lot of calories?

“If I told you, it wouldn’t be a surprise”

“I don’t like surprises”

“So I gathered Coo”

The drive was beautiful The years away froet just how spectacular the scenery was Had she ever really appreciated it?

They scored the last table in the burger joint Between bites of an oversized burger, Tell asked about scheduling for upco rodeos She responded as best as she could, but each event had different parameters and she hadn’t memorized the details

That didn’t et scheduled to judge, but he’d brought it up on the drive back to her house after the trip to DQ too Was that all he cared about?

Did he think she only cared about the reunion?

Maybe To prove she had interest in his life, Georgia asked about his day He over, his sister-in-law Jessie having a short fuse and broken fences that don’t fix themselves

Then he clammed up and this slid into aard date territory

Tell didn’t talk to her but he sure didn’t have a proble to anyone else—or everyone else that stopped by their table When Tell introduced her, a few people remembered her; mostly they remembered her brother RJ

While Tell chatted with yet another person she didn’t know, she was reinning of her sophoh school boyfriend beco

Deck’s interests, activities and friends took priority over hers Cheerleading was the one activity she could clai back here was a harsh reh school years as arirl so sweet and deirl whose opinions were considered as fluffy as a bag of cotton candy She snorted There was a past persona to be proud of

So as proud as she was that she’d grown a spine and left Deck, she kne people would see the new and iia Hotchkiss—because no one had really known the old Georgia

Tell leaned forward to capture her attention “Sorry about that Tiia bit back her suys who believes we oughta have a strategy for winning the league When most of us are just there to bullshit and drink beer”