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undulating the loud pattern of her dress. She held a hand over her eyes to shield from the sun and waved with the other, a trail of woven bracelets sliding up her arm.
    “Catch up with you guys in a bit,” Aiden promised. Then he headed over to talk to Harmony, Shane’s words from this morning echoing in his brain. Be careful. No worries. Aiden was about as likely to get snagged up in Harmony’s drama as he was to don pasties and dance on a bar.
    “Hi.” Harmony said. “I saw you pull in. I’d know that ponytail anywhere.”
    Aiden crossed his arms over his chest, unsure he had the patience to deal with her today, if ever again.
    “How is everything? Everyone?” she asked.
    “Fine.”
    “Your mom?”
    “She’s fine.”
    “I’ve been thinking of her lately.” She rubbed her fingertips together, as if picking up psychic vibes, something Aiden would have liked to dismiss on principle, but he couldn’t deny she had a knack for seeing very accurate visions of the future. That was probably why he nearly laughed when she said, “Danny and I broke up.”
    “Didn’t see that coming, huh?” he couldn’t keep from asking. He hoped if he was rude, she’d get pissed and stalk away from him. No such luck.
    “Listen…” She looked around, for what, he had no idea. “If you ever need anything, you know you can call me, right? I mean, I’m guessing you didn’t tell your family about the divorce.”
    Something he regretted more every damn day. He clenched his jaw. “Not yet.”
    “I’m here for you, Aiden. I know you probably hate me, but we were one once. I wouldn’t deny you if you needed me.”
    He cringed. Literally felt his face pinch like he’d eaten a live grub worm. They hadn’t been “one.” Not ever. He thought of his connection with Sadie, the tangible, palpable cord strung between them. That was what “one” was supposed to feel like.
    “I have to go.” He turned his back on her.
    “Take care of yourself!” she called.
    Aiden didn’t respond, jumping on his bike and firing it up before she could say any more.
    He, need Harmony? That would be the day.
    *  *  *
    After a tense Sunday brunch with her mother and sister, Celeste, Sadie trudged along behind them at the mall trying to think of a way to get the hell out of there.
    That’s when her phone rang.
    Celeste stopped sliding hangers on the rack in front of her and frowned. “Is that ‘The Electric Slide’?”
    Sadie’s mother rolled her eyes. “Honestly, Sadie,” she said, looking around to see if her eldest had managed to thoroughly embarrass her in public.
    “I’m going to grab a coffee anyway. Meet you out there,” Sadie said, shuffling away from her flesh and blood as fast as her high heels would carry her.
    “Hey, you,” she answered as she left the store and angled toward the food court.
    “Hello, beautiful.”
    Her heart hit her toes. She missed him so much. Which was sheer insanity, since she was with him a few days ago. When they’d parted company that evening, Aiden asked if he could see her the next day. Sadie had begged off, listing a few random excuses. She was too afraid to see him every day. Their time together was intense, and not in a scary way.
    Which scared her.
    “I miss you,” he said, evidently comfortable blurting out what she couldn’t.
    “What are you up to?” she asked, instead of echoing his sentiment.
    He blew a breath into the phone. Or maybe that was the wind. “I saw Harmony today.”
    Sadie stopped walking in the middle of the mall. Just froze under the skylights, between the huge, potted live trees and a splashing fountain. People milled by, dodging her as they passed, but she couldn’t get her feet to move. “Oh?”
    “I didn’t want you to find out later and think I was hiding something.”
    Hiding. Like Trey had with Celeste, keeping their clandestine relationship a secret until they decided together to let Sadie down easy. But this wasn’t the same, she reminded her racing