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GABRIELLE WAS UP two hours before she was due toTheir rooh-rise beach hotel where they were staying She hadn’t spoken to hiht before

But she’d been thinking about him nonstop She’d asked if he wanted a snack or a cup of coffee before they’d turned in If he wanted to sit and chat for a while She was a bit nervous doing so without Marie, but, after her talk with herself on the plane, she felt a little ht path

And she could always text Marie if she decided she couldn’t trust herself

Still, disappointment had flooded her when he’d shaken his head and said he just wanted to head to their rooht that she should have spent resting

She’d finally called Marie Who’d strengthened her resolve to keep things on a friends-only basis with Liae things

Which sent Gabrielle into another tizzy Was it possible Lia her attractive, too? Looking at her in neays?

At which point Marie had cooing into a tizzy was not the way to stay strong and follow through on her decisions

And Gabrielle had asked, “If Liauy and could have made one of us happy, do you think he would have split us up?”

“No If he was that type of guy, and one of us was the one for him, he’d have expressed that interest and the other one of us would have supported that choice”

Gabrielle had thought so, too, but “So, if things had been different and he chose me?”

“I’d have been fine with it, Gabi”

“You’ve never had any of those kinds of feelings for him?”

“Never I go for tall guys, you know that Crazy, since I’m the short one But there you have it”

Gabi had had a sudden flash of Marie telling theht she’dso letter had arrived, rather than just outside in his car Marie hadmore than once

Could it be that her friend was falling for soet past the barricade around her heart?