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He ca" He took the swing next toback and forth on the swings, not in a hurry, not racing or trying to swing higher oras I tried not to look at hiaze kept shifting in his direction, and I didn’t want to stare, but I did want to at the same time

He was of course older now than I remembered, but different too More so than anyone else

"What do you reain when he asked the question, because it was so close to what I’d just been thinking "I remember you liked chalk That you always did these cool chalk drawings all over the sidewalks," I said, twisting into face him

He made a face "Ouch Really? That’s what you think of when you think of hed at his reaction, pushing off again and letting the swing drift "Why? What do you re as he inhaled, his eyes--those green eyes--following uy I knew"

My breath caught in the back ofsideways until his shoulder nudged est crush on you, Kyra It wasn’t rade and you barely noticed ht; I’d barely noticed hiether by Austin

"See how you went andand dusting off the back of a pants

Undeterred, Tyler fell into step beside me as we made our way toward the park entrance "Aard or not, you should know I’lad you’re back" He flashed me a shy smile as he added, "And now that I’m older, I’ll try to be a little more memorable"

CHAPTER FOUR

Day Two

I BARELY SLEPT, IF AT ALL; MY BRAIN JUST KEPT tripping over facts and nonfacts, h as and wasn’t and , I felt fine by the ti found its way down the hall to otten about The Husband--which is what I’d silently dubbed Grant, since it made me physically ill to even think his name--but he was the one I stumbled into in the kitchen He was already dressed in a suit and on his way out the door, thank God, because, like I’d

I checked the clock over the microwave--it was 7:42

The Husband poked his head back inside a minute later--I knew because ht want to see this"

I was still in ly trailed after hi i No matter what he had to show me, there was no way this was a truce