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looks, and then you’re giving me a different type of dirty look.”
She leaned forward, kissing him. It was a short one but enough to bring his engines to life again.
“I guess I better get out of here. Thankfully, it’s late, and hopefully no one will see me.”
“Let’s hope.”
After one last kiss, she left, abandoning him alone on his couch praying like hell she made it home safely at this time of night. Seth was glad he’d finally opened up to her. Not many knew what had happened to his sister. Neither he nor she talked about it, not even to each other. Whenever he brought it up to Kimberly, she would brush it off as though it was no big deal. He wondered if the past haunted her as much as it did him.
* * *
“Come here, Lila, you little cutie,” Ava called after the walking toddler.
“I told you, she is a mess. It’s darn impossible to get anything done.” Julie darted across the living room, snatching her daughter up in one swoop.
Ava watched in delight as she studied the pair. Julie held Lila up and gave her little tickles before setting her loose again. As soon as Lila was free, she ran back the other way.
“Wow, look at that expression you have on your face. Are you catching the baby bug?” Julie asked.
“The what?”
“The baby bug. You know, you want one yourself.”
“I don’t think so. I kinda need a man, a ring, a dog, a house … all that stuff.”
“You have some of those.”
“Um … no. Pretty sure I have none of those. I’m renting a cabin still over at Honeycreek, and I don’t have a dog, a ring, or a man.”
“Oh, you know that last part was a lie,” Julie joked.
Ava raised an eyebrow at her cousin. “He isn’t mine.”
“Oh, please. If you’d quit fighting your feelings for one another, the two of you would be between the sheets in no time.”
Without a doubt, Ava knew Julie was right. Hell, Ava might have even gone to bed with the man last night. She was glad he’d had self-control and stopped before they’d gone any further. Sure, all they had done so far was kiss, but she could not wait to get the man naked.
“Now you’re in la-la land, which tells me I’m right.” Julie smiled. “Anything else happen since that last kiss?”
Ava would love to tell her cousin she’d seen him last night, but apparently it hadn’t gotten around yet that she had accused Seth of being the one who was damaging her shop.
“Nothing.”
“Maybe Mark and I should have you both over for dinner one evening. Oh, and Claire and Jace could come also. A triple date!” Julie’s gaze darted all around. “Where the heck is my cellphone? I’ll text Claire right now and see when they are free.”
Ava laid her palm on Julie’s hand. “Cousin, chill. This triple date can’t happen right now.”
“Sure, it can.”
“No, really, it can’t. I sorta accused him of being the one doing all those things to my shop. He’s been removed from the case, and I’m not allowed to be in contact with him until they solve it.”
Julie’s mouth dropped open. “What? Are you insane? Seth would never do something like that. I’ve known him for a long time. He doesn’t have it in him.”
“I wasn’t thinking straight. I told Seth I would go to them and tell them I was wrong, but he said not to. If I at all think he might be involved, then I have to leave him off. He didn’t want anyone accusing him of tampering with evidence, and he thinks someone out there is trying to make it look like he did it. Obviously, they are, after the note they spray-painted.”
“Poor Seth.”
“This is hard on me, too,” Ava argued.
“Yeah, but how could you think he did it?”
“Because the man has been telling me practically since he met me that he wants me to leave. Go to Jackson Hole or wherever. Just get out of Brookfield. He isn’t innocent in this.”
“I wasn’t trying to imply that he is.”
Ava crossed her arms. “It sounded like it. I’m the one being
She leaned forward, kissing him. It was a short one but enough to bring his engines to life again.
“I guess I better get out of here. Thankfully, it’s late, and hopefully no one will see me.”
“Let’s hope.”
After one last kiss, she left, abandoning him alone on his couch praying like hell she made it home safely at this time of night. Seth was glad he’d finally opened up to her. Not many knew what had happened to his sister. Neither he nor she talked about it, not even to each other. Whenever he brought it up to Kimberly, she would brush it off as though it was no big deal. He wondered if the past haunted her as much as it did him.
* * *
“Come here, Lila, you little cutie,” Ava called after the walking toddler.
“I told you, she is a mess. It’s darn impossible to get anything done.” Julie darted across the living room, snatching her daughter up in one swoop.
Ava watched in delight as she studied the pair. Julie held Lila up and gave her little tickles before setting her loose again. As soon as Lila was free, she ran back the other way.
“Wow, look at that expression you have on your face. Are you catching the baby bug?” Julie asked.
“The what?”
“The baby bug. You know, you want one yourself.”
“I don’t think so. I kinda need a man, a ring, a dog, a house … all that stuff.”
“You have some of those.”
“Um … no. Pretty sure I have none of those. I’m renting a cabin still over at Honeycreek, and I don’t have a dog, a ring, or a man.”
“Oh, you know that last part was a lie,” Julie joked.
Ava raised an eyebrow at her cousin. “He isn’t mine.”
“Oh, please. If you’d quit fighting your feelings for one another, the two of you would be between the sheets in no time.”
Without a doubt, Ava knew Julie was right. Hell, Ava might have even gone to bed with the man last night. She was glad he’d had self-control and stopped before they’d gone any further. Sure, all they had done so far was kiss, but she could not wait to get the man naked.
“Now you’re in la-la land, which tells me I’m right.” Julie smiled. “Anything else happen since that last kiss?”
Ava would love to tell her cousin she’d seen him last night, but apparently it hadn’t gotten around yet that she had accused Seth of being the one who was damaging her shop.
“Nothing.”
“Maybe Mark and I should have you both over for dinner one evening. Oh, and Claire and Jace could come also. A triple date!” Julie’s gaze darted all around. “Where the heck is my cellphone? I’ll text Claire right now and see when they are free.”
Ava laid her palm on Julie’s hand. “Cousin, chill. This triple date can’t happen right now.”
“Sure, it can.”
“No, really, it can’t. I sorta accused him of being the one doing all those things to my shop. He’s been removed from the case, and I’m not allowed to be in contact with him until they solve it.”
Julie’s mouth dropped open. “What? Are you insane? Seth would never do something like that. I’ve known him for a long time. He doesn’t have it in him.”
“I wasn’t thinking straight. I told Seth I would go to them and tell them I was wrong, but he said not to. If I at all think he might be involved, then I have to leave him off. He didn’t want anyone accusing him of tampering with evidence, and he thinks someone out there is trying to make it look like he did it. Obviously, they are, after the note they spray-painted.”
“Poor Seth.”
“This is hard on me, too,” Ava argued.
“Yeah, but how could you think he did it?”
“Because the man has been telling me practically since he met me that he wants me to leave. Go to Jackson Hole or wherever. Just get out of Brookfield. He isn’t innocent in this.”
“I wasn’t trying to imply that he is.”
Ava crossed her arms. “It sounded like it. I’m the one being
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