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Then she thought of as sure to happen if she stayed HerKaylee was doing wrong, fro another argument and then they’d all sit in tense silence for the rest of the night Good intentions or not, she just couldn’t take it

Not tonight

"I’ll be back to to reassure It was her daughter’s first Christht to want it to be filled with happy rinned at Hope in the rearview irl"

"WHO ARE YOU texting? I’et a little jealous" Penny poked Matt in the ribs, though it was obvious she was just joking by the way she snuggled up against Matt’s back and wrapped her ar" Matt covered the hand she’d rested against his belly with one of his

Elliott believed in love; it was hard to be a part of his family and not believe in fate, but he’d been a little skeptical that it could happen to guys like hiuys who didn’t have a Hollywood-perfect face and a lot of sed, ex-military man Eli had a lot more in common with him than he did his brothers If love could happen for him, then maybe there really was hope for the rest of them

"Kaylee missed her check-in She was supposed to e-mail when she arrived at her parents’ house The GPS on her car places her there but I didn’t get a confirmation from her"

Eli snapped to attention "Is she okay? Does she need anything?"

"She’s on her way home now It’s just not like her to miss a check-in She knows if she doesn’t keep us updated, she’ll go back to having a constant shadow Aswith her these past et back to noret so he regretted about his summer and the way he’d treated Kay was at the top of the list It wasn’t her fault she rubbed hi about her

He gritted his teeth There was soht She was the epitome of his "type" except for one small detail

The fact that she was frickin’ jailbait

When he’d been protecting her, fate had taken every opportunity to test his control, fro sweaters to his sister-in-law Ridley accidentally booking them into the saht and caht the there all night, listening to the rustle of sheets as sheover her skin