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killed. Rosemary looked at the gear filling the floor on either side of her and rested her head back on the top of the car. This wasn’t going to be fun to wade through, but she had to get out of this mess. She’d have to come back and sort through all of it later.
    Maybe in June.
    After stepping on, over and between equipment, she finally made it out. She checked her watch again and saw that it was after lunch and she ought to go start the process of checking Cleo out of school. It broke her heart to have to tear the little girl away from her friends, but it couldn’t be helped.
    Rosemary grabbed her court documents, granting temporary guardianship, her ID and information for the school where Cleo would be attending, and headed for her rental car.

    Rosemary checked Cleo out of school and they ran some of the dozens of errands that had to be handled before they left for Colorado. Her phone rang as she walked through the door, exhausted and achy from the earlier accident. She recognized the number on the caller ID as belonging to Juniper Ridge, but in her muddled state, wasn’t sure to whom it belonged. She answered it, thinking that if it was one of her staff and it wasn’t a true emergency, heads were going to roll. “This is Rosemary.”
    “Hey, are you at home?” The voice was Harrison’s.
    “Yes. Are you still in town? I thought you’d be gone by now.” She wasn’t sure if she wanted him to be gone, or if she just didn’t care.
    “I leave in the morning, but for tonight I thought I could take you two out for dinner, maybe we could catch a show. I’m sure you could both use a change of scene.”
    “Harrison, that’s sweet of you, really. But we don’t want to go out tonight.” She didn’t want to see anyone today—especially him. Though she’d used cover-up on her cheek, it was swollen and turning purple. And she really needed to veg for a while
    “Yes we do!” Cleo said, scrambling over to her. “We want to go out tonight. Really. I want a shake.”
    The doorbell rang and Rosemary touched her forehead, wondering if her headache was going to get better or worse.
    Cleo whooped, running to the door. She stopped and asked who it was, but opened the door almost immediately, revealing Harrison on the other side, still holding his phone to his ear.
    Rosemary slumped a little—now he was here, Cleo wouldn’t back off and let her stay home for a quiet evening. She ended the call and stuck her phone back in her pocket. “Really, Harrison, tonight is not the night to go out.”
    His brow furrowed as he drew closer. He hunched down so their faces were on the same level. “What happened? You have a bruise.” His fingers ghosted just above it, tickling the fine hairs on her skin.
    “I have several bruises,” she said, not wanting to explain. “There was a little accident in the garage today. Nothing serious.” She was not going to mention how very serious it could have been, not now. Not in front of Cleo. Besides, if she said anything about that to Harrison, he’d tell Sage, who would tell the others, and then she’d be smothered with concern.
    “And that would be why you don’t want to go do something tonight. I was really thinking maybe we could head out to Chuck E Cheese.” He turned to Cleo, who jumped up and down.
    “I want to go there, Rosemary! Please say we can go. Please?” She clasped her hands together and fluttered her big eyes and hopeful grin.
    Rosemary sighed. There was no way she could turn Cleo down when she looked like that—not without a good reason. “I have the funniest feeling I’m going to lose, even if I argue.”
    “Yay!” Cleo wrapped her arms around Rosemary’s neck, yanking her to the side and making her head pound a little more.
    “I need some pain medication first. Give me a minute.” Rosemary moved to stand, and Harrison held out a hand to help her up.
    “Are you sure you’re okay?” His eyes seemed to peer right through her.
    “Really. I have a little