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that?”
    “It was one time. We decided there wasn’t a spark and we really just enjoyed each other’s friendship.”
    “No spark?” Mia shook her head in disbelief. “Not possible.”
    Mia continued flipping through the album, pointing out old friends—some they kept in touch with and others they were glad to see move on.
    Katriana Miller’s senior picture—the one where she was posing on the docks giving her most provocative look—was on the next page.
    Mia wrinkled her nose. “Eww. Why do you have a picture of her in here? I know we were all friends at one time, but she’s evil.”
    “I’m a pack rat. I keep everything. I guess to remind me of the good and bad.” And Katriana was definitely the bad.
    Mia sat up straight, chin raised high. “I should’ve kicked her ass in the school parking lot for kissing my boyfriend. Yeah, he was a participant in the whole deal, but I could handle him. She got away free and clear. I can’t say I was sorry to see her leave Seaside.”
    “I think she got pregnant.”
    “Really?” Mia said, not hiding her surprise. “By who?”
    “Rumor was a tourist here for fall break. Probably why she left before the end of our senior year.”
    “If it’s true I hope she’s changed her evil ways, for the baby’s sake.”
    They were almost to the end, and Ellie was ready to close the book of memories. The ones of her and Mia and other friends and family she could handle. It was fun seeing how far they’d come. Ones of Katriana and friends like her she could do without.
    “You have a picture of Heath stuck in here too,” Mia said.
    Ellie’s stomach churned at the sight of a twenty-year-old Heath. Dark hair, dark eyes that made her come unglued. She’d remembered the day as if it was yesterday, a Saturday in August. She’d snuck away, telling her parents she would be at the library all day with Mia, gathering books for their senior year reading list. In actuality she and Heath had plans of taking his grandfather’s sailboat out. They could be alone out there with no interruptions. It had been one of the best days of her life.
    Mia looked as if she wanted to say something Ellie was going to hate.
    “Don’t, Mia.” Ellie couldn’t control the break in her voice.
    “We haven’t talked about dinner from last night,” Mia said, ignoring Ellie’s request to drop the conversation about Heath.
    Ellie closed the album, seriously regretting her decision to bring it out, and placed it on the coffee table. As soon as Mia left she was walking it up to the attic. Going back there, especially with Heath was a waste of time. “What’s there to talk about? We drank too much, we enjoyed a nice meal, and you got to see your brother.” Ellie tried to muster up a smile, but knew she failed.
    “I think a lot more happened than that. I told you we were going to discuss it later.” Mia eyed her as she took a sip of wine. “This is later. It’s the whole reason I’m here.”
    “It is?” Ellie actually had forgotten about Mia at dinner. She tried to forget the whole damn thing, but all the wine in the world couldn’t stop her from reliving the dreadful night.
    “We had plans of consuming wine and catching up.” Mia tilted her head to Ellie. “What did you think that meant?”
    “I guess I don’t really see the point in bringing up the past.”
    “I would normally agree, but that past—namely my brother—is now in your present. You’re going to have to deal with him. I think it might be good if y’all could—”
    “If we what, Mia? Forget all the reasons we’re all wrong for each other? We didn’t work the first time.” Ellie was still unsure of why. That’s what bugged her the most. He just left without giving her an explanation. It couldn’t just be because of their three year age difference. “He left, I stayed. End of story.”
    “No, it’s not,” Mia said. “He’s back now.”
    “Not for me. He has another woman,” Ellie said. Why couldn’t Mia see her