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“I know. This is actually what I always wanted. I needed to get out of Snow Creek.”

Raine grew up here like I did. She’s several years younger than I am, but she didn’t come out until a few years ago. I was her first real relationship, which is probably a big part of why she couldn’t accept the fact that I like both women and men.

Snow Creek is a small town, and our LGBTQ population is tiny. In Denver, she won’t have any problem meeting another lesbian. This was a good move for her.

“So… You and Brock Steel…”

Interesting. I figured we had laid that subject to rest.

“Like I said, we’re not serious.”

“You think it could get serious?”

I hope so.

I might be carrying his child.

The words hover in the back of my throat.

But I don’t say them.

“I wouldn’t mind,” I say. “He’s more than just a womanizer. He’s actually a really good guy.”

“All the Steels are pretty good people,” she says.

Interesting perspective for her, and it makes me think… “Hey, I have a question for you.”

“Yeah?”

“Did you know that the Steel family had a lien on the salon building here in town?”

“Yeah, I think I recall something like that on the paperwork when I bought it.”

“And you didn’t think anything of it?”

“My dad was helping me with all of that,” she says. “I figured if he didn’t mind, I didn’t mind.”

“Oh.”

“Why do you ask?”

“Just curious.”

“How did you even know that?”

“Callie and Donny have been doing some research.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. Steel family stuff, I guess.”

She seems to buy my response, thank God. I may have just said something I shouldn’t have.

Sadie brings the lasagna, and Raine digs in.

Which means we don’t have to talk.

And that’s fine with me.


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