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I chuckle and tug at the end of her braid. "Yes. But you know what to do. We tried this last summer, remember?"
She nods. "Yes."
Jamie and Emma had wo
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They wave across the restaurant. Parker raises his free hand and nods, never removing his arm from around me. And I find myself waving to them too.
T
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She's learning knots faster than I am.
"Why are you going further away?" he complains.
I smile. "Come here."
"There are cushions right here."
"Yes
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I can't help but smile at that. "Yes, I do."
"What are they?"
I brush her hair back. "I want to be the person you tell your fears and hopes to. I wa
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"Great name. Lily will love it."
I chuckle. "Yes, she will. How's Emma been?"
Jamie's face lightens. She tells me about Emma's new school, and how s
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I whisper the words. "But what if we're not actually compatible?"
She laughs. "You and Parker? Jamie, my brother isn't a paragon of perfection. We bo
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"And that's not me?" he asks, calmly, quietly.
"No, I mean… I need to learn who I am when I'm just me again. Not me in a relationship."
"So you don'
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Someone lights up the grill, and Henry recounts the story to his wife and Ivy. Faye protests at not being there and Henry lobbies the ball to me.
"It
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Jamie laughs again. It's a chilling sound, and he stares at her like he doesn't recognize the woman he sees.
"What the hell has gotten in to you?" he
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"It's hard not to," she murmurs, "when you just almost died."
I pretend to scoff. "It never got that close. The ocean and I have an understanding." I