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She hadn’t said a word And just because one particular face kept showing up in her thoughts didn’t ed in her life

“You’re i for Kacey to turn back around and put the guys out of theirat this point that she would And was uncomfortable when she didn’t

“You watched that aftershave co every detail,” Kacey said

The guy in the commercial had been a construction worker She’d taken a little side trip, trying to remember if the only other construction worker she knew personally, Jerene

“That’s ridiculous,” she said noondering how long they were going to stand there staring at the horizon with the ocean lapping at their feet Until the tide caet wet and she hated driving with the wet, soppy feeling at the back of her knees

“You had a pretty good study of the men’s underwear section at the depart”

It was the whole “boxers or briefs” thing Yeah, Jereined parts of hiuy was memorable

He was a reprobate And prickly, too The fact that he stood out in her mind was hardly her fault

“You’re wearing your hair down” Kacey broke into Lacey’s silence

“You toldthe accusation in that tone

“I always tell you to You never listen”

“I do, too” Pretty ed her, she’d leave her hair in a ponytail rather than putting it up in the twist she p

referred

“I hat you have, Lace,” Kacey said

“I don’t have anything”