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Dora stripped down and stood under the miserly spray of water Even still, it felt luxurious on her hot skin Being buck-naked outdoors under the sun was exhilarating--freeing--and she laughed for the pleasure of it And the idea that she was like her beautiful, trio before she got back in shape, but for the first tioal wasn’t to be thin After the scare with her heart, Dora just wanted to be healthy and gloith the confidence of a woman at ease in her own skin

Harper and Carson sat at the kitchen table eating fresh strawberries and rehearsing what they would say to Dora

"I don’t think she’ll go for it," Carson said

"I think she will," Harper countered "We’ve done all the research" She lifted up the pile of papers she’d printed about various dolphin therapy programs and pertinent medical reports as proof

"You’ve done the research," Carson aot us a slot at the Dolphin Research Center so quickly" She looked at her sister, eyes narrowed in speculation They’d both been excited about the plan, but now Carson appeared hesitant "Are you getting cold feet because you don’t want to take Nate? If so, I can take hi how Dora responded when Cal suggested she leave Nate at Sea Breeze"

"For the summer," Harper reminded her "This is only for a week And it’s co to take him This is for Nate’s benefit And hers Once she understands that, I think she’ll go for it"

Carson puffed out a pluht, then Let’s do this"

They gathered the reports and Harper’s laptop and headed to the bedroom Dora shared with Harper After a quick knock, they pushed open the door, rushed inside, and jurabbed hold of her ged facing her, their eyes ith excitement Harper could smell the clean, lavender scent of her soap and shaood," Carson told her "Your cheeks have so"

"Good for you!" Harper exclai onto the bed "Did you do waret stiff"

"Okay," Dora drawled

There was a beat of silence while Harper and Carson shared a glance

"We have a proposition for you," Carson announced with i," interjected Harper at seeing the quick flare in Dora’s eyes

"Okay," Dora replied, this tian while Harper opened her laptop and flicked it on "While you were out walking, we’ve been talking Here’s the thing," she said, putting her hands out to emphasize the point "We think you deserve so to worry about"

"Kind of like going to some spa for a week, only the spa is here," added Harper

Dora smirked "I like the sound of that"