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That hen he looked up and saw a ghost

McKenzie couldn’t stay in the shadows any longer For the past half hour she had leaned against a large headstone, crying, not knohether to make her presence known or not She hadn’t purposely tried to keep her presence frohts, in his confessions that he hadn’t noticed her

Lance had run away from her

Only he loved her She’d known he loved her even before she’d heard his heart-wrenching words, and she hadn’t been willing to give hione for over fifteen years

She’d listened to him, cried with hiiveness, to be able to let his guilt go

When he’d asked for a sign she’d swear she’d felt a hard shove on her back,in the process

“Shelby?”

Her heart broke at the anguish in his voice “It’s McKenzie, Lance”

Wiping at his eyes, he stood “McKenzie? What are you doing here?”

“I followed you”

“You followed me from the Senior Citizen Center?”

“It wasn’t difficult as slowly as you drive” Which she now finally understood He liked his fast sports car, but never got it up over the speed limit

“I didn’t see you”

“I didn’t think you had I sat in ot here I realized where you were going and was going to give you privacy, but it’s after ot a little freaked out, sitting in my car by myself”

“You shouldn’t be here, McKenzie”