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Sean’s hesitation was a little longer this ti you?”

She snorted “He’s in Vegas and is breaking the restraining order That is threatening enough”

Sean sighed “Did you know he got himself into AA?”

She didn’t give a flying flip if he was stone-cold sober “Good for hio home, Sean”

“I’ll do my best,” was all he said

Then the phone went dead

Which was exactly the same response she had received fro Rory As though she owed Rory a second chance Now she knew better, even if their coldness stung She thought Sean would side with her, as a cop, but all of Rory’s friends called it one screwup

Maybe it was

It still changed nothing

Rory was in her past, a place she wanted to keep hione and could never be found again Turning to her computer, she opened her personal e- to talk to Derek was not an option anyas

Derek,

Rory just showed up in Vegas at h of a violation of the reement to proceed with the divorce

All the best,

Ella

After his day shift, a hard rock formed in Kyler’s stohtness had developed thein the Steak House, his stomach roiled He couldn’t pinpoint exactly what the trouble was—only that her suarded