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“Letting go,” he said, his fingertips sliding out of her reach “You’re ready You can do this”

“Oh, no, I can’t,” she said as he drifted away She coasted to a slow stop, helplessly stranded in the middle of the rink Her knees locked

He ot this”

She tried to duck walk toward hiot her nowhere Face heating, she tried again, willing her feet toShe let out a shriek of alarm, but in an instant he was there

She thudded against his body, and he propped her up against hi a lock of hair behind her ear

Soht to her

Chapter Thirteen

Jack

Jack handed Eva a soft pretzel as they resumed their unhurried walk home He couldn’t have ti as they walked across the Brooklyn Bridge toward Manhattan Because of the rain earlier in the day, the sky was a painter’s palette, streaked with a ray clouds and delicate pink rays

The effect dazzled Eva She oohed and aahed with appreciation as the cars whizzed by beside theh “You act like you’ve never seen a sunset before”

“I’ve never seen one fro mustard off her thumb “And I’ve never seen one with you” She rolled her eyes “But I’ht?”

He snorted “No I usually come here alone, actually”

She turned to hirains of salt off her fingers “Alone? Why?”

“Because wo his thuether to make the symbol for cash “They want to have money spent on them”

Eva wrinkled her pert little nose and shook her head “Maybe the type of woo for, but not all of us”