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"I want to know everything about where you’ve been" And he did

"Same here I want to know about your job, your fa" She seemed a little nervous as she said the last word, but he couldn’t figure out why

As they headed down the small side street that would take them to the main road where all the restaurants, bars and clubs were, he kept his body on the street side

"And I’ll tell you, but you’re up first," he said

"Well, after the first year of bouncing around to different temporary safe houses, I was placed in New Mexico It was really hard at first I…didn’t adjust well But eventually I got a job teaching"

"They let you teach?" He didn’t know everything about the WITSEC program, but he knew a little And after Jordan had coo he’d tried to research as much as he could From what he understood, they didn’t always let their entrants stay in the same field they’d been in because it made them easier to track Especially if their field of expertise was narrow

"Yeah I didn’t at first, but I was finally allowed to There are so many schools, public and private, it would be alilant about no photos ofposted on the school website I didn’t even take one with the volleyball team I coached The first year they didn’t see I coached them from the time they were freshmen and by their senior year it was sort of a joke that the coach wouldn’t ever pose for social media photos" The joy on her face when she talked about her tealad she’d eventually settled in so hi ht the junior and varsity teae She was too short to ever make a serious team, but she’d played at the beach anyti in her two-piece suits Those ies were seared into his brain forever

"Yeah, the first two years it was the fresh so it was like kisraduated, I stayed with the varsity tea juniors anyway and I just love that age Everything in life is so fresh and dra wo on"

He tightened his grip on her shoulders as they sidestepped a street entertainer playing a guitar on the sidewalk "You miss them"

"Yeah I’ve stayed in touch with those that I was close with It’s been pretty freeing to be able to be honest with theh aboutfor Red Stone? I reet an offer from them Is it what you hoped?"

He stopped at a slassed-in menu on the outside of the hostess stand "I’ll tell you everything, but first, how does this place look?"

"Coconut shririlled barbeque shrimp, lobster, seared tuna…I think I’m in heaven"

The joy in her voice and on her face was so open, so real, it was a punch to his senses He couldn’t believe he’d lived so long without her With that thought, it brought up the rery, but it did

"What?" Her smile fell and he could feel her start to emotionally pull away from him even before she tried to step out of his embrace

Tried Because he wouldn’t let her It was like he physically couldn’t Vincent tightened his grip and kissed the top of her head "Let’s grab a table on the patio" The sign said to seat theed two menus before they headed over

He had to decide if he could let his own anger go before he took things further between theh part

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