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“They’re nice kids”

“Where did they come from?” he asked

Brookewith Macy when I got to the church The junior boys class, he claio out for ball in school” She held up a hand “Their words, not mine”

“So you’re giving them a little summer workshop”

She ym shoes?”

He glanced down at his feet “You’re kidding, right?”

She tilted her head,hi for you”

“We’ll have to leave pretty soon if we’re going to ame”

“Afraid of playing one-on-one with a girl?” Her dimple flashed

“In a word Yes” He sat down on the low bench and untied his shoes “But I love a challenge”

Call hilutton for punishht had s worse He was a man who knew better and yet, he was drawn to the woman like the proverbial moth to flame

He bent to his toes, stretched his calves and rotated his neck and shoulders Then he jogged onto the court and to the woe in her blue eyes

Any day now she’d wake up and realize so

Hopefully not today

Top down, the scent of pine trees ruffling the wind, Gabe’s convertible ate up the curving roads from Clayton to Denver To his pleasure, Brooke and Macy had both loved the Mustang Brooke, who’d apparently been too distracted to notice the red machine yesterday had squealed, hopped over the door and deed