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"I want better for you I want better for me" He patted each of their knees "I want my friends back The ones who see ain, silence

"I’ you to move forward Therefore, you have to h I’ve paid enough We’re going to enjoy life Finally" He gave theaze "I’lad you found your happily-ever-after"

"Me, too I hope you find yours"

"I’ on it"

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

BROOK LYNN SANG and danced through the kitchen as she put together orders for You’ve Got It Corowing business wasn’t what had put her in such a great ht, and he’d rocked her world Stripped her, touched her Loved her

I think we broke the asht

Before he’d left early thisto be with Hope, he’d kissed her so tenderly she would have sworn her soul melded with his Afterward, when he’d lifted his head and peered deep into her eyes, his thu the line of her jaw, she’d experienced thein his arms

As she made her deliveries, the air sreener, the flowers lusher and everyone in town nicer More than one person remarked on her s a discounted rate--had noticed You’re positively glowing, Brook Lynn New vitamin?

Yes Vitamin J

Finally, there were only three orders left West, Beck and so at the Strawberry Inn His name was Stan, no last name, and she decided to check him off the list first so she could spend a little extra time with the boys

Inside the lobby, Brook Lynn waved to Holly Mathis, the owner’s teenage daughter, who manned the counter "Delivery to rooirl

"Whatever," Holly replied, chewing her guazine

Brook Lynn had barely tapped the roouy who’d plowed into her on the streetforever ago, it see, "You"

A flare of so that took her aback "Yes Me"

His skin was sallower, his hair unke-sleeved shirt despite the heat outside, with shorts She thought she couldaround his calf

"How are your knees?" he asked

"Completely healed, thanks" She cleared her throat and held out his sandwich "Uh, that’ll be fifteen dollars, please" Ten for the sandwich, five for the delivery It may be considered pricey in these parts, but she’d been told her sandwiches orth it

He handed her wadded-up bills that were slightly damp