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As soon as they made it out to the car, Clarke let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding It was like she hadn't taken a good breath at all while she was inside that house Vince was still holding her hand, trying to coainst the car, putting her forehead up against her forear her best not to sob She wasn't a big crier; never had been In fact, only herit out of her But she needed to suck it up She forced the tears away and turned around, letting go of Vince's hand and sluet out of here," Vince suggested, looking at her sympathetically That was exactly why she didn't want him or anyone to be exposed to that She didn't want sympathy, just to be seen separate of all of that dra she wanted was for herupset She let hier seat and shut the door before coet in the car hiritted teeth "I don't want that"

"Okay," Vince agreed with a simple nod As he started the car the radio came on, but he turned it down as he slowly pulled off of the street "So, do you just want me to take you home?" he asked Clarke looked over at hi a little

"Not really; what's on yourto know He had really saved her back there, and it had iht after that you could use a little fun, but I know you don't like that word veryif you'd let ged, knowing that she would just go hoo with hi to date hiht, but this is not a date"

"Oh, of course not," he answered with a chuckle, and she braced herself as he cut over a few lanes to turn towards the highway

"So, where are we going?" she asked, eyeballing him suspiciously

"Have you ever been to Tuckahoe?" Tuckahoe was a town just west of Richmond