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Rhett glanced back at hiestured Boone toward the door “Give me fifteen before you call them in”

Boone’s gaze turned probing before he eventually nodded, hat Rhett thought looked close to approval on his face “If you need ave Kinsley one last look then headed for the door

Rhett had barely slept, and he’d ended up going for a run in the ht He had no idea what steps to take forward, but he’d decided this ood start He waited for her to stand up before he drew closer to her She reached down to tie up the garbage bag, but he quickly intervened, gently pushing her hands away “I’ll get that You need water”

She slowly looked up at him with surprise in her eyes, which adht the very worst of hientle hand when needed “I need crackers,” she said

“You got those in the back?”

She nodded, guarded in the way she watched him

“Let’s get those,” he offered, reaching for a few napkins by the cash register “And we can deal with the cut on your hand too”

She glanced down, her eyes going wide “Oh, shit” She quickly accepted the napkins, placing theainst her wound

He tied the garbage bag then pulled it from the can She followed him into the back room, and he headed out the back door, where he knew the Dued to Kinsley, Peyton, and Relanced up, spotting the security camera He needed to see as on there, but first, he needed to fix leaving last night in the way that he did When he returned inside, he found Kinsley at theover the cut on her hand

“I arbage can,” she explained

“Letshe’d grabbed a first aid kit and left it on the ot close to her, electricity brushing across his flesh as those fiery eyes held his intently “You get sick like that often?”

She nodded, as breathless as him “At really weird unexpected times too”

He acknowledged that with a nod Her breath hitched when he took her soft hand in his callused ones to exah hi his free hand, he patted the table “Let me clean it up”

“Where did Boone go?” she asked, pulling her hand fro closer to the table