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Lacey’s eyes filled with tears as she stood there accepting her sister’s hug Drying Kacey’s tears Telling her it was okay That they were okay

And hoped to God that Jeood as his word That he didn’t just see the clothes and shape and skin, but could really see the wo into her eyes

Asha reassurance, she let Kacey make her into an off-work television star

SHE SENT KACEY in first Jeirls had brought hooing home because Levi needed a bath before bed, Jem had said

Lacey hated that she wasn’t going to have his hands on her body again, but figured he was probably right to take things slow until they knehere they were going

Neither of the crash

“Hey, Kacey, is Lacey alry boy here” She heard Jeured he hadn’t turned around yet, hadn’t seen her sister

Butif he’d smelled her, her scent would have been Lacey’s They’d played this game before Hundreds of times

Kne to do it down to every detail, including toenail polish

“She’ll be alo

ng in a second,” Kacey said, unnerving even Lacey with the toned-down note in her voice

And suddenly she didn’t want to go in, didn’t want to play the ga fair to Jem

And maybe not to herself, either

“You can coo change “I just heard you take a step in the hall”

She froze Didn’t move And didn’t have to as Jem came into the hallway to join her She heard Kacey say, “Hey, little et some of this yummy food in our bellies and leave those two sillies to settle for our leftovers”