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Of course Sabrina wasn’t a barrel of laughs either, and she sure as hell didn’t look like Candace—she knew that—but sheesh, she wasn’t chopped liver

Now they were stuck inside The Rocking Saddle and Sabrina would have given her right hand to be anywhere else The place was packed, standing rooaze swept the roo theweekend—all of them loud and happy and connected

All these people were living their lives and she was just standing still

Sabrina felt as if she i current with a ball of lead attached to her waist She was drowning and suddenly it was too much She set her drink onto the bar and shoved her way past Teague Not that he would notice Candace had shown up and wiggled her way into the sue, and she hadn’t shut up for the last five minutes

Sabrina pushed her way through the crowd and found solace in the bathroom, thankful that both stalls were empty God she was hot She splashed cold water on her face and shoved a hunk of hair from her eyes

She stared at herself in thetime There were nerinkles at the corners of her eyes Lovely And the dark circles underneath them—the ones she’d tried to hide with concealer—were visible They were faint, but they were still there

Ugh When had she started looking so old?

Not old, a voice whispered in her head Just sad

Sniffling, she splashed h her hair The hu waves, but she didn’t see how cute she looked Didn’t see the big topaz eyes fringed with thick long lashes, or the s of freckles

She didn’t see how the deep green halter-top enhanced the color of her eyes, or how the white skirt hugged her hips and showed off her tanned legs

She saw none of that because she wasn’t looking or irl looked like

With a sigh Sabrina turned away and headed back out into the busy bar Maybe she would just plead a headache and take a cab home

She was halfway across the large roorabbed her arm and pulled her backward

“Hey,” she said with a sputter, cranking her neck so that she could see properly

Josiah The big guy eaty frorin swept across his face “I didn’t know you were co forward Sabrina puckered her nose Definitely beer