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Dear God, this ful Love had addled her s she’d been told night before last

“Brooke, hello!” exclaimed Melinda

Brooke took a step into the roouht blush-colored dress “All Fresh”

“I’m flattered,” said Melinda She explained to Genny, “Fresh is the name of my shop”

“That’s right” Genny hoped her srimace “Brooke has told us all about it”

Brooke was still preening “I love everything I bought”

“I’ave a little wave of her left hand She wasn’t wearing a wedding ring

Brooke asked, “Genevra, did you fall in the lake?”

Genny laughed It sounded easy and natural and she was glad about that “No, but the dogs and I did have a good run around it” She eased out from under Rafe’s arm “Excuse me, everyone I do need to wash theuntil she was through it, up the stairs, down the hallway and safely in the East Bedroom

Genny didn’t hear the shower door open

She was too busy rinsing the sweat andnot to wonder what Melinda Cartside and Rafe were doing downstairs Then a hard arm hooked around her waist She kneas Rafe, but a shriek of surprise still got away fro bare chest

“Rafe!” She bopped hie of his shoulder “You’ll give me a heart attack”

He gazed down at her, looking all lazy and pleased with himself Water plastered his hair to his head, ran down his cheeks and off the end of his nose It also splashed over his broad chest, catching in the dark trail of hair there, er rivulets and trickled lower And lower “I’lad to see her It was in his eyes as he looked at her—and there was also that lovely hardness rising against her belly

Apparently, he would rather be with her than Melinda That was gratifying She stared up at hi all over hi down on them

But then she thought about all the things they never seemed to talk about And she decided they really needed to start somewhere

Why not Melinda?