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How much could it cost to replace a roof? She’d never owned a house or had any home maintenance costs to deal with but surely they could raise thean afternoon beer crawl Her heels clicked on the cracked sidewalk leading froled the knob, opened the door and took a single tentative step inside the abandoned building

A puff of stale, putrid air slapped her in the face,her eyes water and her stomach roil She slapped her hand over her ht into soht down her spine

“Finally coers curled around her elbows, steadying her

“You showed up” Until that moment, she wasn’t sure he would The fact that he had, made her as nervous as she’d been the first tierie and a giant pair of wings She stepped forward and turned around to face him

Thank God he wasn’t in full uniforht have melted

Who was she kidding? The strap of silk covering the good china was already toast just looking at hi jeans and a black polo with the Salvation Police Departlasses, the botto its way up the left side of his face

As if he knew she was looking, he turned his head and stared at the center’s leaf-stuffed gutters, blocking her view of that side of his face “I told you I’d be here”

For soht to look her fill, he sure didn’t like anyone actually doing so She didn’t blaers were never fun—but it pissed her off that he felt the need to hide part of himself

“And you always keep your word”

That brought his focus back to her “Always”

Sih cocky self-assurance in that single word to ain control of the conversation The veterans’ center Fundraiser Hot guy

No! Not that last one

She inhaled a deep breath and iretted it So to her clothes “I think so died in there”