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Bettyroom, as Lake felt his stomach sink

“What do you

think?” Rainne said “Should we talk to Caroline about ?”

Betty gave Lake a look He could practically hear her think As much as she liked to torture Rainne, Betty didn’t approve of stringing people along She’d ed him about the shop Lake rubbed his hand over his chin The hopeful look on Rainne’s face made him want to run

“Look, Rainne,” he said “There’s so I need to tell you”

The last thing he wanted was to hurt his sister, but this couldn’t go on He didn’t want to run a lingerie shop and she wasn’t capable of doing it

The bell above the door rang and he turned to see his parents Perfect tiave them the evil eye, but even that didn’t boost his mood

“Eric, Joyce!” Rainne bounded over to the puppy

There were hugs all around But not for Lake

“There’s a lot of people out there,” his mother said “Eric and I have printed up some leaflets to hand out to the crowd Otherwise this is a wasted opportunity”

She waved a leaflet headed Stop The Greed Lake watched as Rainne’s s their children wasn’t reason enough to make the trip hile He clenched his jaw

“Glad to see you’re getting into the spirit of things,” Betty said dryly

Rainne turned towards Lake

“What was it you wanted to tell me?” she said

Lake looked at his naive sister, with her trusting smile, and his heart sank