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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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“T
h
a
t

s sounds like
P
e
t
e
.
He’
s like
a
g
o
d
fa
th
e
r
o
r
m
a
y
b
e
a
n hono
r
a
r
y
g
r
a
n
d
fa
th
er
.

She
e
y
e
d him, sudd
e
n
l
y
fr
o
w
n
e
d.
“D
id he
s
ca
r
e
y
ou o
f
f
?

“H
on
e
st
l
y
?
N
o. Ri
g
ht no
w
,
I
don

t think a
M
ac
k
t
r
u
c
k
f
ull of
e
n
e
m
y
soldi
e
r
s
c
ould do th
a
t.”

She
reac
h
e
d up
a
nd tou
c
h
e
d the
side
of
his
f
a
ce
.
“W
h
y
Co
r
d, t
h
a
t mi
g
ht p
o
ssib
l
y
b
e
the s
wee
t
e
st thing
a
n
y
on
e’
s
eve
r
s
a
id to m
e
.

She
g
ot pl
a
t
e
s do
w
n
fr
o
m the
ca
bin
e
t to s
e
t the
t
a
bl
e
.

W
h
e
n she
tu
r
n
e
d
ar
ound,
he
took th
e
m out of
h
e
r
h
a
nds, s
e
t th
e
m do
w
n on
the
c
ount
er
.
W
ith one
ar
m he
d
re
w
h
e
r
into him
w
hile
his mou
t
h
z
er
o
e
d in on h
er
s.
H
e
d
re
w
out the
kiss,
a
s mu
c
h
f
or
hims
e
lf
a
s h
e
r
.
O
n
c
e
he
g
ot
a
mo
a
n out
of
h
e
r
he
w
hisp
ere
d,

I

v
e
wa
nt
e
d to do th
a
t sin
c
e
I
g
ot up this mo
r
nin
g
.
A
nd if
t
h
a
t

s the
s
w
e
e
t
e
st thing
a
n
y
g
u
y

s
e
v
e
r
s
a
id to
y
ou,
y
o
u

ve liv
e
d a
v
e
r
y
sh
e
lt
e
re
d li
f
e
.”

“Da
ti
n
g
-w
is
e
, th
a
t

s
p
r
o
b
a
b
l
y
t
r
u
e
.
I
r
ea
li
z
e
d l
a
st ni
g
ht
I

v
e
b
ee
n s
o
c
i
a
l
l
y
-
c
h
a
ll
e
ng
ed
l
a
t
e
l
y
.


A
b
ea
uti
f
ul
w
om
a
n like
y
o
u, th
a
t

s—kind of
h
ar
d
to b
e
li
e
v
e
.”
H
e
nibbl
e
d
do
w
n h
e
r
j
a
w to h
e
r
e
a
r
.
“Y
ou

r
e
m
y
re
war
d
f
o
r
su
c
h a
st
r
e
ss
f
ul
d
a
y
.
T
u
r
ns out—”

She
g
r
in
n
e
d.

I
t
w
a
sn

t
a
s b
a
d
a
s
y
ou thou
g
ht
.


I
just k
e
pt thinking
a
bo
u
t
y
ou.”

“Y
ou did
?

“Ye
p, the
e
nti
r
e
time
I
re
a
li
z
e
d st
a
nding
in
fr
ont
o
f
those
f
ive
p
e
ople
h
o
w
s
tupid
I

v
e b
ee
n
a
c
ting
sin
c
e
I
g
ot to
P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
.
I
didn

t
l
ike
w
h
a
t
I
s
aw
.
T
he
w
ho
l
e
thing
w
a
s a
l
e
sson in humili
t
y
.”


W
ill
y
ou
g
o
b
ac
k
?


Su
re
.
I

ll
g
o b
e
ca
use
it

s
p
ar
t of
m
y
a
g
r
ee
m
e
nt
w
i
th the
c
ou
r
t.
A
nd, th
e
r
e’
s
a
sm
a
ll
fear
insid
e
,
I
m
i
g
ht slid
e
.
I
d
o
n

t
wa
nt to slid
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n
.”

“T
h
e
n
y
ou
w
on

t
.


I
t
f
e
e
ls
g
ood to hold
y
o
u like
this,”
he
a
dmitt
e
d
a
s he
skimm
e
d kiss
e
s
a
long
h
e
r
e
a
r
.

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