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Kacey’s eyes filled with tears “Like that old songyou were the wind beneath s”

And if that was all she’d ever be, it would have been enough because Kacey’s wings were lovely When she spread the them, but with her kindness, too Her open heart

“And I focused far too s,” Lacey told her “When in reality, I never really wanted them I didn’t want to come in second, to lose my boyfriend to you, and every solo job offer” She stopped They both knew all the ways in which Lacey had been passed over through the years “But I also didn’t want to be in the spotlight To have people fawning over ood at it”

“I like that I can shake someone’s hand, or smile at theed to convey heart, not conceit

“You’re living the life that you were reat as it had been sharing a ho to have to separate Because just as Kace belonged in Beverly Hills, Lacey’s life was in Santa Raquel

In a very short period of time, even before Jem, the little town had become home to her

“Not completely” Kacey shook her head “But you knew that, too, didn’t you?” She aze and Lacey couldn’t look away

“This is where you shine far brighter than I do, Lacey, and it’s worth farstuff The small stuff The real stuff You see what most people are too afraid to look at And you find ways to make it okay Fro life okay”

Kacey had been the acrobat She’d been the net It wasn’t a choice either of them had made It just was

“I date the wrong type of o so far as to say I need it It co in me”

A fact that had been obvious to Lacey since they’d been about eight “I agree”

“But I’et bored at the parties I wantmore”

“You need more”

“You knew”

“I suspected”