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Molly started to walk toward the cabana, sashaying her curvy hips, driving me wild I started to run full speed and whipped her up in my arms

She yelped with laughter as I began to sprint toward the beach cabana The officers were trying to keep up

I darted through the door, sla it

My ed my life, Molly”

She ed mine”

And I knew that Ito keep her safe To hold her To protect her I’d do anything to make her happy I ht we ed I had won the love of the most incredible woive her everything she needed for the rest of her life

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Chapter One

The only thing I could hear was the echo ofthe concrete They made a sharp sound each time I took a step, a distinctive click-clack noise that could only bethe had made me feel confident I called theer even with them on But now I realized how loud my footsteps were How they drew attention to my every move

It was strange how things could be cocooned in a tunnel of noise while at the sa around me—especially the echo of my stride

I nervously flattened the thin belt around ns for the exit I stopped, scanning the arrows pointing right and left, and took a deep breath of the stale tunnel air My hands started to prickle with uneasiness What if I was late? What if I missed the next shuttle?

Everywhere I looked the wo shoes Not me I was the newbie The transplant The rookie who hest heels I had in my closet because they matched ed

Instead, I didn’t I looked like a novice DC’er

To like the other locals I had walked down three flights of stairs from our rooftop apartment and another ten minutes towithout an elevator It was char, but the stairs were a pain in the ass