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I’d never even iined it was possible to feel so connected to another person, so totally in sync as I held his gaze and we ether It was equal parts tender and wild, and we finished within a few seconds of each other before he collapsed beside rin

As he laced his fingers with ht our breath, I ed over the past feeeks We were evolving as a couple, and I was learning to let go of my past For the first time in my life, I felt so positive about the future

Chapter 16

After two glorious days at Wakulla Springs and a long drive, we pulled up in front of the horown up in, and I turned to look at Lorenzo He was studying the eccentric-looking structure with a frown line between his brows, and after a pause he asked, “What exactly a at here?”

“Well, at the back is a single-wide trailer That thing attached to it on the right is a shed we got for free and moved here from someone else’s property To the left isan addition, which is now the living room and master bedroom It slopes like crazy and I know it looks pretty funky, but it doubled our square footage, so we consider it a win And right here, front and center, is the family business, Smith’s Bait and Tackle Shop The ‘and tackle’ wasis selling worms”

“Your parentsworms?”

“And, as of three years ago, fishing supplies”

He see a hard ti for a few more seconds, he asked, “Do they have a distributor that sells them the worms?”

“Nope They have a shovel” He turned to et the wor them up on the mud flats”

“Couldn’t the fishermen just do that themselves for free?”

“Sure, and plenty of theht to the fishing When they want to treat themselves, they stop off at Smith’s”

“And your family sells them worms” I nodded and s me? I don’t know if I should believe any of this”