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But I steer him back to the conversation “Bookstore?”

“Right,” he replies with a lopsided grin “You should go over there and introduce yourself Her store is neat, and I know you love to read She’s cool, too, and it would be good for you to get to know sonificant others Itheured it would give you soone”

And there it is… Kane has already accepted I’rated into his life For the most part, I love that because while my future may still be all kinds of up in the air, I know the immediacy of my life is here with Kane

“I’ll head by toured I’d explore Phoenix in the days to co I’ alone can be, I’ people Love listening to their stories and hearing about their travels It gives me a perspective I can’t find out there on my own

Kane launches in to tell eance tea me about the other players, too, and I’ his fiancée in a plane crash where he’d been the pilot to his surprise wedding just two o It’s what romance is all about

As we’re talking, Kane’s phone—which he had set on the table e sat to eat—chih I can clearly read it’s a text fro out of his apart I arrived

I’m too curious to averton the screen I’e…

It’s a longer text than what shows I wonder what she’s offering if “things change,” soseen what she wrote

S, he lifts the phone and pulls up the full text He reads it, then turns the screen to show me

…you knohere to contact irl

I’h to shohat she sent In the next breath, I feel guilty over wanting to know I trust Kane When we talked about giving this a go and being exclusive, I had no doubts he would sever anything with her or any other woht have had on the side

“I sent her a text explaining you and I reconnected on a pretty deep level,” he explains “So I wanted to work seriously on, so I would have to call it quits with her”

“What exactly did you have with her?” I ask curiously