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“I can guarantee neither are okay with this, but they love me,” Kinsley countered “They’ll support me, no matter what” That’s what her brother and father did for her Probably since they’d had to band together after her mom left She knew she and the baby would be okay, with or without Rhett It was only her heart that needed to get that memo

After Peyton ate a s in and said, “I’m sure they’ll have some words for Rhett when they see him next”

Kinsley accepted the fork back and cut off an even bigger bite for herself “They’re not talking to him now?”

There was a long pause Then, “He just took off,” Peyton said soleo find him”

Of course her father would want soo after Rhett Everyone knew that Rhett didn’t want the family, the kids, or the happily-ever-after He wanted the military and his life as a soldier that had been stripped from him It didn’t takequestion was hoould respond to it Truth was, as a teenager, Kinsley had thought that she and Rhett were a possibility But once he came back from the Army, Kinsley knew Rhett couldn’t love her, not in the way she needed or deserved Being a soldier had changed him, and he came back distant and noncommittal In the tropics, she just wanted one taste This, having his child, was never part of the plan

But one thing was certain—she hoped this neouldn’t send him to the dark place he’d been in when he first came home That day she’d looked into his vacant eyes, and her heart shattered at the emptiness there It took months for Rhett to even spend time with anyone Slowly, he’d come back to theuy with the cute sht eyes, and all the charh school The guy she could still see sometimes…even now

Silence again settled in the rooood dent had been made

Re off another bite, and said, “If I can put inand thinks of you and the baby in all this before himself”

Kinsley’s stomach churned and she placed the cake on her bedside table “We’ll see what happens” Because that was all she could hope for This was co In fact, since he’d coirlfriend, only lovers And those lovers never lasted longer than a night

Peyton slowly cocked her head, seeing the certainty on Kinsley’s face “What do you think he’ll do next?”

Kinsley didn’t even have to consider her words “He’ll sleep his way through every pretty tourist in a miniskirt that crosses into Stoney Creek like he always does”

Remy reached for Kinsley’s hand “And you’re okay with that?”

She paused to ed “Rhett is who he is I knew that the night I slept with hi would be different I kneould never be a couple I was perfectly fine with just a fling”

Both her friends just stared at her

Until Reood with Rhett being Rhett, then why do you look so sad?”