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It came out like a plea and he didn’t care

“Call ed,” she tossed back over her shoulder when she reached the driver’s door Then she left

Carlene sighed “I didn’t mean to cause problems between you two If I’d known it was like that I wouldn’t have come I probably shouldn’t have come anyway”

“We’ll work it out” He hoped “I’ed “These things happen But if I were you, I wouldn’tflowers, especially roses, to one woman when you want another one”

“I won’t” But he had no idea if the one he wanted to give flowers to would accept them from him

CHAPTER TEN

THE s the bathtub and then rinsed it

She peeled off the bright yellow rubber glove froht hand and swiped at her forehead “Whew”

The cats were hiding soet in her hen she was in a cleaning frenzy

She’d already tried venting, but it hadn’t helped Forty-five irl-chat with Jenny had only served to fan the outrage Zoe had felt, driving up to Grant’s ho hi circuht Zoe and Tyler in a similar situation and it had been innocent

It hadn’t helped It wasn’t the same There was too real a risk that Grant had wanted Carlene there, even if he hadn’t invited her After all, he’d invited her once before

The pain in her chest ay too fao, when Grant had dropped her off at ho flight in his plane She’d cried for two solid hours that night She refused to cry this ti to do with the bleach she was using to clean and nothing to do with overactive tear ducts She took a deep breath and held it, trying to assuage the very physical ache in her chest It shouldn’t hurt this much She wasn’t in love with Grant like she had been when she was nineteen

The air hissed from between her lips as she let it out and drew another quick breath She wasn’t Only a total idiot would let herself love a iven red roses to another woman Sure, he’d tried to justify it, but the details hadn’t done a thing to explain why he’d asked Carlene out in the first place