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Sabrina Campbell smelled like the sweetest honeysuckle ever It reardens, of hot suhts and cold iced tea She was so daile and feminine And so incredibly sad

What the hell was he doing out here with her?

Sure she was cute as hell, but that didn’t ood fit for a ue She had kids Responsibilities A family that she needed to answer to

None of those things interested hiuy to leave Nothing had changed Even after the hell he’d been through, nothing had changed

He should have gone home with Candace Then he wouldn’t be out here in the dark with Sabrina And he sure as hell wouldn’t be slow dancing in the parking lot of some country bar

And yet here he was, pulling her into his ared there The top of her head fit just below his chin and he slid his arms around her small waist

“Relax,” he breathed into her hair She was strung so tight he could feel the muscles bunched in her back

She didn’t say a word Hell, he wasn’t even sure she took a breath But eventually he felt her relax and after a few ainst his chest

The song was about lost love, ofyour way back Funny He knew the song but he’d never really listened to the words before Never took notice of the

But right now, under a night sky that nat, he listened to the ave him hope, but in truth they just made him feel empty

He would never have that kind of love because that kind of love de left to sacrifice

But ht now Maybe he would just enjoy this one moment that shouldn’t have been

So he ainst him His hands moved down her back until they settled in the hollow

He fought the urge to let them wander lower, and it was harder than it should have been She s ended, she stoppedand for severalbut breathe each other in

“Thank you,” she said, her voice so low he barely heard her