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"You’ll have to take a dip in it sometime"

"Hell, yes," she whispers and then turns to take in the rest of the rooe in here"

"I had this whole room remodeled before I moved it It hadn’t been updated in about twenty years"

"Well, you did a good job" She suest rooms, then take her back downstairs to my office near the front door

"No wonder you noticed me when I moved in Your office faces my place"

I lean on the doorjaat the books on the shelves

She’s damn sexy in my office

"You went to Harvard?"

I s her

"Fancy," she says with a sht and happy as she ht and cheerful, but still masculine"

"Thank you"

She wraps her ar her cheek on my chest When was the last tilance up and frown at the sight of so into her driveway "Hey, look"

She turns around and frowns, then her whole body tightens up

"Crap It’s my mom" She props her hands on her hips "And etic eyes "I think I’d better go see theo"

She frowns "You definitely don’t need to come withdinner with you, remember?"

She bites her lower lip, which only s one shoulder "Okay, follow me"

I follow her across the street and am surprised at the family dynamic that unfolds in front ofin her voice as she folds the older wo

"There you are," the older version of Amelia says "You’ve been in town for days, and I haven’t seen you"

"I know, I’lances over at hbor, and he’s been nice enough to befriend me Wyatt, this is my mom, Sherri, and my sister, Anastasia"

Sherri’s face irin, and she holds her hand out for mine

"Well, hello, Wyatt," Sherri says

"It’s a pleasure to meet you," I reply, and then turn to Anastasia, who seems a bit more reserved She’s beautiful, like her sister, but more simple No makeup, casual clothes "Hi, Anastasia"

"Hello," she says with a short s have you known my sister?"

"A few days," I reply

"So, you’ve er, but not for your family," Anastasia says, and A the shutters sla

"We can talk about this later," Amelia says "Wyatt, maybe we should take a rain check on dinner"

"Not at all," I reply "Why don’t we all have dinner together?"

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