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“The same Jeep you drive now?” he asked with surprise “That hat, ten years ago?”

“Yep It was ten years old when I bought it, I’ve had it for ten years, and I’ll drive it another ten if I can”

He’d seen her Jeep He was shocked it was still running, but that was neither here nor there “Why Colorado?”

“I visited once as a kid and loved the mountains”

So his head “I don’t buy that What’s the real reason?”

Surprise flashed in her eyes that he didn’t accept her pat answer, but she looked down at her plate to stab a shrimp with her fork “You wouldn’t believe me, so let’s just leave it”

“Your reason is not for e”

Her lips twisted wryly “Well that’s a new one”

“I’ll keep my word, Rox,” he promised

Her head lifted at his shortened version of her nah to use it before

His heart pounded hard as her gaze met his It felt like he’d suddenly crossed a line and there was no going back Not that he had any idea what the line was or what it meant

After a charged ht When I left Wisconsin, I had no clue where I was going, I was just getting away Getting out I drove west because it’s more miles to the ocean, but once I saw the ht ”

She knew fate had brought her ho to feel that way himself “That’s not so crazy”

“I didn’t say it was crazy, I just didn’t think you’d believe it”

“I have family in Texas, my uncle and aunt and ht until I came back home” After a couple more bites, he said, “So, you moved here and the rest is history Do you still talk to your family?”