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He was pretty sure he’d seen one on the wall of the kitchen He’d liked Sera’s home It was comfortable It wasn’t a museum like his aunt’s house, and yet it had been beautifully decorated There had been pictures all over the place, and plants and books He’d stared for a long time at the picture of Seraphina in her majorette uniforht in her eyes that couldn’t be denied

Life had di back to existence as though her spirit could only be dark for so long

Her shoulders were right back up to her ears “I can’t remember the number How stupid is that? I push a button on my phone Mom The landline doesn’t have a button for my mother”

She’d been on edge ever since she’d realized they wouldn’t make it back to Papillon and she was separated fro place and they’d tried to jack the price up on her They’d seen a pretty blonde and figured they could take advantage of her Harry had set theht, but he would bet that hadn’t been the first tiht pretty meant dumb, and dumb meant they could do whatever they liked

He pulled his shirt over his head and set it on the sink before grabbing a towel and drying off as best he could

She took a deep breath “Or I could calm down and look it up in my contacts I’m sorry I do kno a phone works I didn’t think about the landline I never use it I’ It’s my first real time away from Luc and this storm looks nasty”

She picked up the phone and dialed the number

“Hey, Mo side of the bridge I’o Is Luc okay?”

He stepped back in the bathroo quietly but he shut the bathrooainst it

He was fallingit He should have thought about her and what she needed, but no, he’d made the selfish choice to have her all to hi that truck She’d made a note of it on that endless list of hers and he’d used it to his advantage He’d gone in and rented the truck right out froo He’d done it because he’d wanted to spend the day with her He’d spent ether was different She couldn’t ignore him in the truck He’d been able to turn on the radio and talk to her about the kind of etting caught That hadn’t gotten past him He knehy she’d taken him into the kitchen at Guidry’s when there had been plenty of open tables in the dining roo out they were spending tiether He could have told her that he didn’t intend to lie about what he was doing His aunt hadn’t asked where he spent his afternoons She was far too busy working on the wedding or the business She’d been going into the office the whole time Harry had been here

But when she eventually asked, he was going to tell her because he wasn’t ashamed of Sera

He was kind of ashah

“Harry? Are you okay in there?”

He opened the door “Everything all right at home?”

She nodded “Yeah Luc and Shep are getting along great Lila’s going to bring over so happens, so they’ll all be fine I’m sorry I freaked out I don’t spend ht away fro phase and I worry a lot”

“I’ht you home sooner I shouldn’t have made you have dinner with me”

“You didn’t ,” she said “Is that wine? Because I could use it”

“Yeah I figured I got you into this situation, the least I could do was try to make you coet toothbrushes, and I found a T-shirt for you to sleep in I’ beer can on it”

She picked up the bag and took it out to the king-size bed that doars can’t be choosers”