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Why was that? Did it have to do with Shelby? Should she tell him that she knew about his first love? That his family had told her about his loss? They just hadn’t told her any of the details surrounding the mysterious woman Lance had loved

Maybe the details didn’t matter They shouldn’t matter

Only McKenzie admitted they did Perhaps it was just curiosity Perhaps it was jealousy Perhaps it was soer on

She’d aled her mind If he wanted her to know, he’d tell her

Today was the first day of a new year A new beginning

Who knew, ht he’d stay

If not, she was okay with that, too He ether to their relationship, because she didn’t count the light dozing they soether as sleep Sleeping together untilwould be another whole level of intimacy

“You don’t have to try to run next to h already Too inti difficult Maybe they could stay close friends after their two months were up Maybe “Just keep your own steady pace and I’ll keep mine We’ll meet up at the end”

Grinning, he nodded “Yes, ma’am I’ll keep that in mind”

They continued to stretch theirthe for, about the rules, etc Soon they were off

McKenzie never tried to take the lead early on In some races

she never took the lead Not that she didn’t always do her best, but sometimes there were just faster runners for that particular distance Today she expected to do well, but perhaps not win as she was much more of an endurance runner than a speed one

Lance ran beside her and to her pleased surprise he didn’t try to talk In the past when she’d convinced friends to run with her, they’d wanted to have a gab session That was until they became so breathless they stopped to walk, and then they often expected her to stop and ith them

McKenzie ran

Lance easily kept pace with her Halfway in she began to wonder if she was slowing him down rather than the other way around She picked up her pace, pushing herself, suddenly wanting distance between the beside her as if she hadn’t just upped their pace That annoyed her