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The setting changed and he found hiled to release the seatbelt that bound hirave He turned his head to the right and screaer seat beside hiested

“Oliver”

The sound of his sister’s voice brought him back into the present

“What?”

“You still with me?”

“Yeah, sorry, I drifted off there for a second”

The last thing he planned on doing was telling her about his drea better He refused to ruin that

“If this girl has you this distracted I can’t wait to see the two of you together in person”

He gave what he hoped was a believabl

e chuckle and shrugged as he feigned nonchalance

“I have to keep an air of ive away all my secrets “

“I wouldn’t drealeam in her eyes told him she didn’t mean a word she’d just said

“Come on, let’s join the others, before they start to worry,” Tanya said

Oliver slipped an arm around her shoulders, as they headed back over to sit with the adults

Oliver tossed his jacket over a chair as he walked into the living room It was always nice to catch up with his fa at the same time As the only male in a family full of females he was often under scrutiny He sank down onto the couch Theycould be tedious and intrusive, especially since he’d lost Hannah He studied the virtually unchanged living space he’d once shared with his wife, and thought back to the dreae of his consciousness It was clear he needed to take more steps to move past her memory