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But why the hell did I freeze? Why did I care if she was going to ask Siet ht?

As I shuffled through this ht his eye fro, and he kneell enough to know exactly what I’d been thinking He grinned, knowing he’d caughtextraspecial attention to the conversation that had continued during ettingback and forth at Chloe and Lucas

"Feisty, back off, it’s not really your business," Neil said, rubbing her shoulders

"No, it’s cool We’re not planning on getting ed to other people, both went through the whole wedding planning process, we knohat that’s like We’re pretty happy just as things are," Lucas said, leaning in and kissing Chloe on the cheek

"It’s true, whyinto his kiss "Granted, ere both engaged to the wrong people, so one day we ht decide to tie the knot But for now? Not for us"

"I don’t trust a girl who doesn’t want to hite," Sophia said, and I slapped at her hand

"I wear plenty of white Your cousin here has a thing for pinup girls in white lacey corsets," Chloe shot back

"Too much--"

"Awesome!" Sophia and Neil shouted at the saht about what Chloe had said If things were good, why change it? That was obviously working for the for Simon andthe ocean, watching the breakers roll in Starting slow, just outside rely fro relentlessly toward the shore Finally rearing up, first white around the edges, then throughout as it fell in on itself, crashing onto the rocks and foah every crack and crevice I watched countless waves, following their inevitable path Each began the same way; each ended the same way Time after time, unaltered for eons

Waves couldn’t course correct They couldn’t simply decide one day, hey, I think I’ll head south toward Mexico, see what’s up down there The only way they were going anywhere other than where they were intended was if there was some major event Hurricane Earthquake El Niño Otherwise, they were heading for the shore You could set your clock by the tide Eventual Unavoidable It’s what happened