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Especially nohen she was head over heels for a guy who’d end up leaving her high and dry

But this ti up her ambitions She’d used the extra time off work to finish her horill Lucas for information that should help her ace her final exa in her favor

“So what happened toher self-congratulatory mental happy dance

“Life She has a way of stepping in and shaking things up, you know I figure it’s her way of keeping us froled an arch look his way “You should watch out I’ll bet you’re due”

“C’ aboutthe sad fact that I wore a purple tuxedo to the prom”

“It was closer to violet,” she observed Then she shrugged “It’s not a very exciting story I was in a car accident Bustedup pretty bad”

He shot her a frown “You didn’t call your parents? Go hohter for a while until you healed?”

“I called them,” she said stiffly

“And?”

“They said I’d made my choice, now I could live with it” Lara’s words weremore After all, she’d left ho?

“Son of a bitch,” Doers clenched, stretched then clenched again on the steering wheel “Banks left you swinging in the wind, too?”

“Phillip?” Lara blinked Had she ever considered calling him back then? She tried to re her head

“You didn’t even ask him for help?”

“I never thought about it He was always a toe-the-line kind of guy, though No reason to think Prince Perfect would buck the company line”

“That’s just sibling rivalry,” Dolace that made Lara want to punch him “Everyone who has brothers or sisters has that Doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have helped you”

She rolled her eyes As if he had a clue?