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“Okay, so where’s your number one, then?”

I gathered the cuffs ofShould I lie? Knowing Carson, he would say I wanted Duke because of him, if for no other reason than to irritate me

“Uh, Duke, actually,” I muttered

Carson sat up “For real?”

I barked out a laugh “I kid you not”

He stared at me a moment before a smile snaked over his features “I knew you’d miss me next year Couldn’t stay away, Shorty?”

I scoffed “You wish In fact, now that I know that’s where you’re going, I’ Sweet Water Coht about now”

“Right Like you’re not secretly filled with joy at the thought” He leaned back on his elbows, his shirt tightening over his chest

“More like dread”

Carson chuckled “I’m surprised I took you as a lifer like Ethan”

“No, I need out of here” The words spilled out of my mouth before I could stop them

Crap That one sentence revealed too much

Carson’s brow creased, and I glanced away, adding, “I’h For someone who loves to swiht you’d want to stay right here in Sweet Water”

“Eh You can swiraes nearby Plus, there happens to be an ex-Olympian there ants to ith me I love it here, and Sweet Water will always be ho to keep me on my toes Sweet Water is just so…”

“Li,” we said in unison