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Ethan bristled, but wasn't sure about crossing LJ, despite being 20 years younger "Sure"

His eyes were hard as he watched theether Maybe she just didn't knohat kind ofwith Ethan turned toward the store he had spotted her co Maybe he would have to make it his job to see that she found out

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Later, with the sun fading behind a light layer of ugly-looking clouds rolling in from the southeast, Kendle watched Luke cast out over the cal hole they'd tried, the first full of debris

"You never talk about yourself You know everything about me"

Luke turned to look at her with unreadable eyes, wondering how he'd fared in her comparison to Ethan "Does itline, vaguely listening to frogs and gulls calling to each other "Soround next to his chair and then there was silence, but she kneas nervously waiting for her questions to begin So, she didn't ask Not only was she living on his di, and she wouldn't push If he wanted to tell her, he would

Kendle dug her bare feet and hands into the bur grass around the the rustle of a s over the surface of the water She thought she could even hear the ants and beetles crawling over the salty soil and she held back the tears only by will power She was alive!

Luke outwardly relaxed when she didn't speak, went back to enjoying the beautiful day, but inside, he orrying over what to say He had a horrible secret and while she hadn't found out today, sooner or later, she would He needed to be the one to tell her

"You want to go back to town for lunch? Stacey's place has good chicken sandwiches"

Kendle jerked her line hard, felt the fish get hooked "Not really Fish is fine," she lied, thinking if she never ate another piece of any kind of seafood, it would be too soon

Luke stood to get the net for her He was very aware of her as a woman, of how tiny she was coht lightly with their dinner A lot th of his attention had grown since that wet ride in the dark and he'd felt her looking at him, too Slow and easy was the ticket to win her over, and he could probably try now, but he hesitated to get closer to her than he already was She was pure, he was tainted, and when she found out, their tiether would be over