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Before Gracen can answer,I pull it out ofI need to answer

I look back up to Gracen "I've got to take this Are you in?"

She gives me a tentative smile "Sure Sounds like fun"

"Cool" I grin at her, and nod toward the pan "Can you finish that up?"

"On it," she says cheerily

I turntoward my bedroo "Ji to report?"

Jimmy Schaeffer is my local attorney He's helped ht it, as well as reviewed any number of contracts and endorsement deals that I've been offered over the last few years He was the first person I called when I got back to North Carolina after finding out I had a daughter, as I needed to knohat hts were

"I just got off the phone with Mr Waller," he says

"And?"

"He understands your concerns and assured ly

I had Jimmy reach out to Owen's father to pass onstalkerish I also wanted to share the infor their property to Owen, so he needed to quit bothering thehter He alsoto the press about Owen's creepy ways, but apparently his father understood the urgency

"The senior Mr Waller assured ain and wanted to offer apologies to Miss Moore and her parents"

I snicker as I walk intotogether "And about their loan," I prompt him

"As per your request, I asked Mr Waller to consider extending the loan until the sale of their property went through, or alternatively, I told hiladly pay off the note to reain, Mr Waller assured us that there was no proble an extension on the note and that he would work personally with the Moores"

"I assu?"

"But of course," Jio out today"

"Okay, buddy Thanks for ju on that for me Send me your bill"

"Oh, I will," he says alesthat I don't have to worry about Owen anymore Once I realized that he was really just after the Moore's property and using Gracen as a pawn, I was pretty confident he wouldn't be coain after he learned the property was out of play for hi his father into it, figuring the elder Mr Waller would beand that definitely paid off well, so I'd gladly pay Jimmy's attorney fee for that call and letter

I say goodbye to Jih time to sit doith Lilly and Gracen for breakfast, and then it's off to work I go

Chapter 22

Gracen

I've been to hundreds and hundreds of hockey ga Marek play travel hockey in the su ae I've even been to professional hockey games with Marek before he became a professional player himself But this is the first time I've ever sat in an arena and watched Marek as an NHL player There's no way to truly describe how itand I can barely sit still in my seat

"Girl, I think you are more nervous than I am," Josie says from my left

I peelthe Cold Fury--correction, watching Marek--war an Olson jersey and her cheeks were flushed when she told

"I feel like I was just asked to go steady and he gave

I'd be lying if I didn't say I wish I earing a Fabritis jersey right now But Marek didn't think to get me one, nor did I expect hi like that for myself

"So how are things going?" Josie asks We've both been so busy at work, soirl" time to talk

"It's going well," I say,between the ice and her "The nurses in L and D are all really great to ith"

Josie givesabout work How's it going with Marek?"

"I knohat you were talking about," I reply, still chuckling "But it's goingweirdly Good, but weird"