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"Back before you know it" He pulled away from me and left

"Whoa," a voice echoed froister, who still stared after Owen

"Yeah" I sighed That pretty irl leaned forward over the counter "He’s a killer"

"Uh at her word choice I picked through the racks and grabbed a couple of shirts I thought would fit

"American, huh?" She pursed her lips

"Yep" I sht?" She walked around the counter and rifled through so one out for me "This will look nice with your eyes"

"Thanks" I added it to the pile in my arms "Arkansas"

Bad I was a very bad liar Even when I just said one word

"I have a friend that moved to Florida She works at a theh a different rack "She likes all the sun"

"Florida is nice" Florida is nice? That’s all I’ve got? "The beaches are beautiful"

"Maybe I’ll get to visit her one day" The girl held her hands out for the clothes inHeather with curly-cues on each side of her na rooht look weird There was no way I was going to be caught withroom I’d just have to stand in there and pretend

As I expected the jeans weren’t in Aht size After narrowing it down, I took two shirts and a pair of jeans to the front counter before going to look at the shoes There were sandals, a few small slip-ons, and soh they weren’t very attractive I’d rather be able to run than look cute

I added socks and underwear toto not look worried was hard, so I ended up trying on sunglasses, picking out a shampoo, and eventually ended up by the paperback books There wasn’t a large selection, but I read the back cover of one that actually caught my interest It was a Christmas romance with a puppy on the front cover