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The bike he had for her was blue, Aot out of her car and walked toward hihborhood where they’d be riding, Craig pulling both machines down one at a ti the his sleek blackhers beside it

The bike had a coears, he’d told her the night before While she’d loved to ride when she was in high school, that was et out of the house and clear her head, and he’d assured her that she’d do just fine with Tricia’s ten-speed It was all a foreign language to her, but she wanted to give it—and being around him—a try

Regular exercise would not only make her delivery easier, but it would lessen her recovery time, as well, which hy she’d already started a low-iym With a business to run, she couldn’t afford to take weeks and weeks away fro from childbirth

The gy Which hy she’d eventually accepted Craig’s offer of a bike to use Which was exactly what she’d told hiiven him her answer

“Here’s a water for you,” he said as she approached, offering her a plastic bottle that eating from the cold liquid inside

“I’ directly at hiht black pants—wascoot one here” She forced the words, turning to show hiainst her lower back, held there by the belt strapped around her waist He couldn’t see the belt fro on top of her leggings And when she was turned around she couldn’t see him

Or thatbulge

Her heart thumped and she wet her lips

The water-bottle belt was new As were the black-and-white-and-silver tennis shoes she’d picked up after bagels with her sister

A in half measures

A trait she got froood one?

Get a wonant, not once but twice, and then not just leave her, but do it without warning, without any means of support forever

Shaking her head, she listened as Craig told her about the bike’s gears A little different froh the sa

“Let o too fast,” he told her as they orously To just put it out there and tell hi like that—it was too fast and too much Way tooheart rate information that she already knew

Clearly theat the botto-bodied T-shirt she’d worn to cover up assets