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well-dressed man in a suit and tie and the blond on his arm.  He couldn’t see her face, but he couldn’t help but notice her nice figure.  It was tall and curvy just the way he preferred his women.  Stick thin models had never appealed to him.  She laughed at something the man said to her before he and the blond found a seat at the front of the room.
     Kyle stiffened and the bell like tinkle of her laughter seeped into his conscience and trickled down his spine.  He was intimately familiar with that laugh.  It had been four years, but he hadn’t forgotten the sound or the woman responsible for it.  She turned her attention to the adults sitting in her classroom and he finally got a look at her face.  It was like a punch in the gut. 
    The guy next to him noticed the strange look that passed over Kyle’s face.  “You’re new around here so I’m going to give you some good advice.  Don’t get too interested in that one.  She’s nice to look at, but she’s untouchable.  This is her second year at the school and every single male and then some have asked her out.”
    Kyle shrugged as if it didn’t matter.  No need to let onto a stranger or anyone else for that matter that the thought of Caroline and an active dating life gave him the chills.  The man took Kyle’s silence as encouragement and continued with his version of the local gossip.
     “Not that it did any of them any good mind you.  They all struck out.  She’s the original ice princess.  But the kids love her and she is under the protection of the Montgomery family.    The Montgomery family adopted her when she moved to town last year and since the oldest Montgomery daughter, the blond over there,” he nodded toward the couple who’d been talking to Caroline earlier, “is married to the school superintendent, Caroline Johnson isn’t going anywhere.” 
    Kyle was relieved when she started her presentation and the man next to him stopped talking.  He watched her very closely while she went through her introduction and expectations for the coming school year.  He didn’t recognize the brusque manner she presented to the parents.  The prickly exterior she exhibited was so unlike the charming but shy woman she’d been in Georgia.  It seemed there was a brittle shell wrapped around her and she was determined to keep everyone at a distance.  She practically screamed look but don’t touch!
     She was so unlike the sunny and cheerful Caroline he’d known before.  He couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to her.  He would have preferred never to cross paths with her again.  He should have been more sensitive about their breakup, listened to what she’d been trying so hard to say to him.  He regretted their parting scene in his office.  At the time the bitterness of his divorce had still been too close to the surface.  He had felt as if the walls were closing in on him.  It was a little late for regrets now.  They were both living in this small northern Florida town and apparently she was going to be teaching his daughter.  That meant she was going to be a part of his life again even if it was just on the fringes.
    After the dismissal bell rang ending Parent Night, Caroline greeted the parents lining up to have a word with her.  Since it was the last stop of the night many parents felt the need to linger and engage their child’s teacher in additional conversation.  Normally Caroline was fine with that.  She was not usually in a hurry to get back to her apartment.  There was nothing waiting for her there.  Tonight though, she knew her smile was brittle, but it was all she could manage. 
    Even when she’d been deep in conversation with Mason and Abigail about the upcoming family picnic, she’d felt Kyle’s presence as soon as he’d walked into the classroom.  She dreaded their first face-to-face contact.  There was bound to be negative feelings and baggage on both sides.  Things had gotten ugly there at