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“So if I decided to go for a walk near the old ball field and found ht be there?” she asked

“I ht need to stop and rest toward the end of hisrun Now, I reckon I’d be sweaty, I warn you”

“I’m not afraid of a little sweat,” she said in a husky voice that sent a ripple of awareness through ht you a bottle of water thatto do?”

“I always take a bottle of water with me,” I said

“Oh So there’s no reason foryou water out there?” she said archly

“On second thought, I wouldn’t want to dehydrate ith the weather warht help me out with that”

“Then I’ll see you tomorrow If you happen to run by,” she said

“Oh, I’ll be there,” I assured her

“You’ve got yourself a date,” she said with a grin

“I’lad your stupid brother hit ht,” I said

I kissed her again, and as I did, I wondered how I’d gone all this ti her She folded into ht I liked reaching down for her, lifting her just a little off her feet, which ht, I was already living for seven in the

“Sarah Jo?” I called as she was leaving

“Yeah?”

“You’ll be there tomorrow?” It pained o through the whole night counting on seeing her on stealing that tiether only to have her fail to show up I needed to know she was as serious about it as I was That she wasn’t just playing around