uiet place,

house, with its natural h

ace for him to soothe his old war i

ved, my blo

parked brazenly

and her oafish brother,

ally in the hot tu

lounge chair, sipping lemonad

ked when

oin us. We were just discussing how lov

nd, a proprietar

led, a sickenin

it has such

en who had been with my f

the lingering effect of Beau's past influ

ng, Beau," I stat

t. All

ust la

ke

ther, then at me, clearly unwilling

would have backed

this

g to the guards, "you're f

ared, s

ss Sava

ow

amusemen

ress, chose that moment

lake, letting out a shriek as she "

!" she screamed, fl

turned purp

tch!" h

towards Daisy L

ved me

ing the stone paving, the

owards t

neck, my late mother' s cherished locket,

you deserve,

of the lake, the shoc

, sputtering, a st

a

a mask of concern and somet

minor scrapes, his to

isy Lynn "drowning" theatrically

erpreted

doing this to... to use me, to make him jealous

till the foolish g

time, of frustration, of pain, of

hoked out, gra

e you. I want you. It's him,

my voice raw with an emotion I ha

ually so guarde

the tru

he broke

au' s sne

twitched

e closer, s

, his gaze shifting to Beau with a

rig