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“Yep”

“’Cause I don’t like the pickles,” Levi stated ereat detail, every single one of Levi’s likes and dislikes

Jem knehich hy he could also expect—when Levi found out this was his weekend with histhere after dinner—the full-blown tantrum he’d just avoided

“ARE YOU SURE?” Lacey walked beside her sister on the beach, staring at the sand their bare toes were kicking up Her sandals hung froht hand Her left hand was clenched

“He said exactly those words” Kacey’s tone was as subdued as it ever got “‘Mommy shook me up and I throwed up’”

Feeling the heat rising to her face, Lacey moved to the left and let the water wash over her feet as she walked “Why didn’t you tell ht?”

“Re us around in the yard by our feet and you threw up?”

She did Of course she did Her stomach settled

“And then right after Jeht, he called, ree from the per before they could approve the permit”

And they’d talked for an hour She’d felt bad about the fact that he was planning to work through his weekend He’d told her he’d have been working, anyway Then she’d felt bad for taking him froarage

She’d wanted to know if it was a ski boat He’d said it was a catamaran—so he could take it on the ocean—but told her that his fa up

Which had led to where he was from, and from there to the fact that he had a close-knit faia It painted a picture of him that she liked But ay too much information

“You were asleep when I got off the phone,” she said now, re Kacey had had a headache the day before Lacey hadn’t been surprised to see her sister in bed early

“Then today, I re about earlier in the week and it’s clear that the two go together”

Lacey made a mental reach to find her professional self “What did he say earlier in the week?”