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I chuckle at the vision into findIt’s just… well, Mom—”

“Don’t be too hard on her She’s a good woht I just hope you and Darcy have as happy a life as we have Goodnight, son We both love you”

I wish hiht and sit back in my chair to finish my drink

Chapter Six

Darcy

It’s a quarter past eight, and I’m already fifteen minutes late to h the glass wall separating the bar fro alone, lost in thought, and I’o to the bathroo pool and assuame out I wave, but he doesn’t see er, so I turn and head across the patio to meet them before they send out a search party for me

As I walk through the palarden, it suddenly dawns on irl—well, strange to hi when I saw him outside his room earlier Now I think about it, it does feel like he’s been avoiding me ever since He seemed distant earound, and being social that we’ve been doing the last couple of days I’m sure he’s as frazzled as I am

But now I’ain Did I take it too far? I h it right away, he’d call h about it But, now I’ if it’s all backfired onto put doubts in his head that he’d done anything wrong at his bachelor party Is that what I’ve done?

I’ about it when I ’s up the second I sit down next to her I s fro someone so perceptive, and who knowsI never expected to have that kind of connection with anyone, and now I have at least two people I can count on Well, for now, anyway When Lennon works out what I did, who kno he’s going to react?

“Sooo?” Cindy presses “Here’s a Sea Breeze to help you relax Now, are you going to tell lance at Emily, who looks nervously away, and winces Only now do I wish I hadn’t gotten her involved in this

I take a long sip ofthat maybe what I had Eht he’d laugh it off, but he hasn’t In fact, he hasn’t e I’ to react when he finds out it was just a joke Like, ”

“But, you didn’t do anything, really,” Cindy says with a frown “II believed that

I look up as Rick pats me on the back, and I’ht have been Lennon Having to explain why I was having lunch with Emily would’ve been a little aard, but I know it’s a conversation I’h

“Hey, Rick I thought you were picking up the guys and all hanging with Lennon?” I ask

“Nope Flight got delayed They’re not in till after ht, so they’ll catch a cab,” he explains He sits down next to irls?” he asks suspiciously

“What?” I screa pool He was sat on his own, but I assumed—”

“They’re just guys They’re not the guys,” he interrupts “They’re still in the air somewhere over the Pacific”