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“Not the dog The hed “You really don’t know much about him”

“I know enough”

“Then you’re ad he’s more than your handyman?”

Watching Bodie with the children, with Harry, a mixture of pleasure and sadness filled her She shook her head “He’s not”

“No?”

Sarah stooped to pick up a stray candy wrapper, then turned to her friend “No”

Maybelle laughed “Girl, you are as transparent as glass”

“Doesn’ttoward Maybelle The wo things were different

Things weren’t different

“He’ll be leaving soon, and I won’t ever see hiain” Ouch That hurt to say out loud But it was true and she needed to not forget

As if she could

“There is that,” Maybelle agreed, studying her far too closely “Just so long as you’re sure”

Sarah was sure But that wasn’t going to stop her fro the rest of the day or her time with Bodie

He was still in Pine Hill, was still her handyh

It had to be