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hadn’t expected that. He’d convinced himself that the kiss they’d shared the night before was a fluke.
    Clara pulled back, but left her body leaned into him. “I got done with auditions early. Let’s go get something to eat.”
    The urge to push the strand of stray hair from her eyes won over his better judgment. “I thought we were having leftovers.”
    She laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck. “It seems as though I forgot to put a huge sign on it that said not to eat it. My brother and cousin finished it off after I went to bed last night.”
    “You live with your brother and cousin?”
    She leaned back and gazed at him. “C’mon, hot dogs at Frank’s and I’ll tell you about my parents, the rotating house, and the phone call.”
    She nipped his lips one more time with a kiss.
    “Let me get my things.” She turned and went back inside.
    Warner let the intimacy settle in his gut. Something was heavy on her mind and it had to do with Randy. But she still wanted to be with him and that made the situation lighter. This wasn’t what he’d bargained for when he chased her down three days ago. But the comfort he felt when he was around her was worth the crash that he knew was coming.
    The door to the theater opened again and Clara walked down the steps, her sunglasses shielding her dark brown eyes. “Why don’t you drive?”
    “Are you sure? Your Jeep is much nicer than my truck.”
    She interlaced her arm through his. “I’m sure.”
    “And where am I headed?” he asked as he pulled open the creaky door to his truck.
    “Riverside Building. I thought it would be fun to see if Ed and Darcy would like to have lunch with us.”
    “They both work in the building?”
    She smiled. “Yes. I have a lot of family that works in the building.”
    He nodded and walked around the front of the truck then climbed in next to her.
    “What does Darcy do there?”
    “She is Ed’s assistant.”
    He started the truck and eased out onto the street. “So, you were going to tell me about your parents.”
    “Did you stay up all night wondering about that?”
    He cleared his throat. Well, he’d been up all night thinking about her, but he wasn’t going to share that information.
    “You said parents, rotating house, and phone call. Your choice in which order you start your story.”
    She grinned and cranked down the window. Clara sucked in a deep breath and closed her eyes. “God it’s a pretty day today.”
    “A bit too hot don’t you think?”
    “Nah. It’ll only be a few months and we’ll be complaining that it’s too cold.”
    He chuckled as he turned at the light. “True enough. Okay, so talk.”
    She turned toward him and pulled her legs up under her on the bench seat.
    “My parents are high school sweethearts. They married young and started a family. My mom put my dad through college to get his teaching degrees. Somewhere between working two jobs, having three kids, and my dad taking a long time to secure a really good job, their marriage broke apart and they got divorced.”
    “How old were you?”
    “Six.”
    He cringed. “That’s pretty little.”
    She nodded. “I can’t say I knew too much about it. One day Dad moved out, but he was always around.” She smiled. “To tell you the truth I think we saw him more when he didn’t live with us.”
    Clara readjusted her legs. “Mom remarried soon after their divorce was final. She married my dad’s best friend.”
    “Ouch.”
    “Yep. But he was a good guy. Perhaps a little lonely considering he married his best friend’s ex-wife and then had an affair and left my mom when he got his mistress pregnant.”
    Warner laughed aloud. “Oh, you do have some drama in your life.”
    “That would sound like it.” She chuckled. “Anyway, Matt, my step-dad, eventually left my mom, married this other woman and I think they have four kids now.”
    “Wow, that’s a lot.”
    She let out a sigh. “I don’t think so.” Then she turned her head