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Brody leveled up with Lou so he could run beside her and found a rhythside her footfalls She re in and out in a regular cadence in time with her feet

Lou was acutely aware of Brody as he ran beside her Her heart pounded, and it wasn’t co She could hear his breath blowing across his lips as hebrow, and he lifted his powerful aret closer to someone like Brody if she let herself fall for his sexuality, but he wasn’t a permanent kind of man and she did not do casual

Lou pushed herself harder than she had in a long time She blocked out Brody’s presence and picked up the pace, sweat pouring down her face like a hard rain Her clothes stuck to her body despite the coolness of the earlyair Brody was in the same shape He kept the pace, but just barely Just when Brody began to falter, her pace slowed slightly and she brought herself to a fast walk They rounded the corner of the house about three minutes later and Lou stopped to cool down and stretch

Brody bent and placed his hands on his knees His breath caasps and raised his chin to look in her direction “I thought you were trying to kill me,” he panted at her

“Nope I was just trying to outrun you,” Lou replied with a grin She wiped the sweat froht she heard hi as she turned and entered the house

Before she walked through the door, he said, “Outrunelse…wonder which one it is, Lou” She let herself pause for no ht she didn’t hear him, wasn’t it?

Lou showered and went downstairs to go to work She et a bottle of water His hair was still wet fro in sandy colored curls across his forehead and his collar He had transfore kid in a printed T-shirt to Dr Broden Wester in a matter of minutes He wore a black polo and khaki trousers His sneakers had been replaced with casual loafers

“Do you want to go to the hospital with me today to see Mom?” Brody asked

“Not this o by later today Sarah wants to make a card for her when she coo for a few ”

His steely grey gaze ”

She sently and patted his arm “No problem She’s your mother after all, not mine”

“I’ll call if anything changes”

“Please do,” she called out as she turned and walked toward her office

Chapter Six

Wesley lowered the telescopic lens of the thirty-five millimeter camera and cupped it in his hand He took a deep breath and blew it out between his closed teeth He fished his cell phone from his pocket and flipped it open Then he dialed the nuiven