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In an slipped out of the cabin and headed to the corral Brett's warning stayed at the forefront of her thoughts, but it did not push aside her heart's voice "Is Colby worth a broken heart? What if he doesn't break it?"

Leaned over the fence, Megan breathed in the cold, da, answers reet a suet a multiple choice?" she asked to no one

"Life doesn't work that way," a voice answered

"Hey," she said as life channeled through her veins So about the man who stood beside her, breathed life into her Never had she experienced such an emotion with anyone What made him extra special? Why this connection to so the redness dissipate froht no surprise to see him in the same clothes he wore yesterday

"I never left," he said, realizing she recognized the clothes

"I know," Megan said, looking hi to find a thread or sy surfaced She blaination What other explanation was there?

"Talk to me," Colby said his hand on her arht?" He stared deep into her eyes as if she had put hi to read her soul, she shrugged and turned away

Even she did not understand the power that coursed between the she understood was he would soon know the truth-she liked him, more than she had ever liked anyone To aderous, perhaps foolish They only just an wanted time to explore a friendship, perhaps a relationship "No," she decided "To tell him noill ruin all chances" Then reality struck

"Oh no," she mumbled "Does Brett know you're here?" Fear surrounded her words

"He knows" He shrugged as if it were no big deal

"But," "Long story," he said, winking His ripped the top fence rail Though eager to ask, Megan sensed he needed a few moments Minutes passed and then he spoke "I'randfather, I think Even nowIt seeers through his shtened child