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“Sabrina, don’t push hi that conversation You don’t want hiot away Not if he’s meant to be the one to stay The one to heal your heart”

Sabrina shrugged “Am I crazy? We’ve known each other for less than a month”

“So,” Allie reached into her purse to grab a bag of Jolly Ranchers “You’re not a teenager and neither is he I’m pretty sure you’ve both been around the block a few tih to knohat it is you want or don’t want” She shoved a handful of watermelon Jolly Ranchers into her ure it out”

“You just like saying that word” Sabrina stood up

“What word?”

“The F-B word”

Allie giggled “I know There’s so fuck buddy”

The older woain and this time her eyebroere arched at an imperious slant and her mouth was pursed in disapproval

“I’d better go before you get the both of us kicked out of this game” Sabrina kissed her friend on the cheek “Thank you”

Allie grabbed her hand and squeezed it “You deserve to be happy, Sabrina That’s it All of it Happy He could be that guy You just need to find out if he is and figure your shit out”

Sabrina’s kids didn’t bat an eye when she told the hoot a kiss out of theoodbye to Paul and, nervous as hell, pulled out of the parking lot and headed hoht her shoulders ached, and her stomach isted into all kinds of knots

As it was, it turned out that her trip hope had been for nothing

Sabrina killed thelet down and relieved all at once The place was in darkness and Teague’s truck was gone

Chapter Nineteen

Teague wheeled in to The Rocking Saddle around eight and he’d been drinking steadily since then He glanced at his watch, squinting a bit because he was either tired or drunk—probably both—and realized it was nearly ht