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Slowly, she turned towards Alastair and watched hi as his eyes ate her up At last, he looked at her face Rainne nodded once He smiled softly And then he pulled his jumper up over his head His T-shirt and jeans disappeared faster than she could blink Alastair grinned slowly, the confidence she knew and loved shining from his eyes

“Come on, Rainne,” he said as he held out his hand “I’ve been drea you into bed I don’t want to waste a minute”

And with a smile, Rainne followed her boy

CHAPTER NINETEEN

There was a party ath street The place was packed with people browsing through the stalls, eating snacks fro to the assorted entertain the street Outside Kirsty’s shop the church choir were dressed like characters frolasses with candles in them For a moment Kirsty listened to a beautiful rendition of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, then turned her attention to the girlsthe church stall The Donaldson twins lost their smiles when they spotted Kirsty

“You really screwed up this time,” she said

“We know,” Megan said

They both hung their heads

“Is this part of your brother’s punishestured to the table in front of them

“If we can raise five thousand pounds for the church roof, he’ll stop our holu thethe dough and noe have to stand here getting sh?”

“Be careful with that hot oil,” Kirsty told them

She wasn’t sure she would have left the twins in charge of so flammable

“Don’t worry Kirsty,” Megan said “We have it under control We even borrowed Mum’s juice cooler to keep the dirty oil in”

Kirsty eyed the large white plastic barrel beside the table

“And hoill you clean the oil out so that your ain?”