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Griffen laughed "You're right They're in the honeyood sense with all those hor her brain"

Scarlett leaned in to whisper to Hope, "You should have seen the to set the wallpaper on fire"

"Ooh, tell me more—"

Griffen pulled Hope into his lap "Why don't we stop talking about o back to ere doing before they barged in?"

I got toher toward the door "I believe we had plans involving a door with locks?" I loved the way her cheeks went pink at being teased in front of Griffen and Hope

Scarlett on ot all about Forrest Powell In retrospect, I wish I hadn't

In the end, I'm not sure it would have made a difference

All around us, unseen forces weretoward each other on a collision course One ouldn't see co until it was far too late to stop the explosion

Chapter Forty-Two

SCARLETT

Boo crackle of the fireworks popping against my senses, my eyes dazzled by the splash of color where the stars should be Fourth of July fireworks lit the night sky above the Inn and we had a front-row seat Tenn and Royal had gone all out, transfor Tenn's office into a party roone

The penthouse had the best view, but the Inn at Sawyers Bend was sold out for the holiday, the grounds below packed with guests and locals who'd bought the Fireworks Package; An elegant picnic dinner and reserved lounge chair, complete with pre-toasted s’mores

We'd gone a little crazy with our own picnic, and I'd had a few too h that my s sparkles in ust and Thatcher had plowed their way through most of our picnic basket as well as the Fourth-of-July-themed cookies and other treats the staff had sent up I rab yet another cookie out of August's hand only for hi everywhere

"Housekeeping is going to cry when they see e did to your office," I murmured to Tenn