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step back, unsure if I heard him right. “Ridge?”
    Grady raises his eyebrow. “You didn’t tell her where we’re going?”
    Reid shakes some of the water from his hair. “I had high hopes that I could convince her to stay behind.”
    “Ridge,” I say again. “By that, do you mean Raven Ridge? The same Raven Ridge where Julien lived?”
    “Yes. He’s not the only person who lives there,” Abby says. “There are others. Members of his family in one way or another.”
    “You think one of them will know about the Bessette family?”
    Reid gives me an offhand look as if he’s surprised I doubt him. “I don’t think. I know so.”
    I take in a breath and hold it. I’d only been to Raven Ridge on two occasions. The first with Julien as he gave me a history lesson about how the land in Sanctuary is divided into sections by families. Frog Hollow, Raven Ridge, and Shadow Bend all divided. The second time I’d gone to his grandparents’ house to meet his grandmother because Julien promised me that he’d tell her about our friendship.
    “What are we waiting for?”
    Grady shrugs. “I don’t know about you, but I’m waiting for lover boy here to put on a shirt.”
    Reid scowls at his friend before walking toward the door. “I’ll be ready in a minute.”
    Reid touches my elbow on his way by me, his gaze locking directly on mine. It’s serious and completely different than any other look he’s ever given me. Then he mouths the words, “To be continued,” to me before disappearing inside the door.
    When I finally manage to get control of the hormones that scream at me to follow him, I turn back to Abby. She holds a very large clear bag of blackberries out to me in a very apologetic fashion. “I brought you your favorite snack.”
    I step down and snatch the bag out of her hand. “You owe me.”
    She finally smiles. “So, I did interrupt something.”
    “Yes. And it wasn’t nothing.”
    Grady rolls his eyes and pretends to cup his hands over his ears. “Ugh. I don’t want to hear this.”
    “Oh, please,” Abby says, laughing. “Like Reid won’t give you a play by play later.”
    “Yeah, but it will be the guy version. The girl version is so…” He makes a face that reminds me of twitterpated animals in Bambi that walk around on clouds with hearts in their eyes.
    Abby slugs him. Hard.
    “Ow.” Grady immediately moves away from her. “That punch definitely had magic added. Not fair.”
    “I’m sorry. Would you prefer the softer, guy version of a shut-your-mouth punch?”
    Grady rubs his arm, eyeing his girlfriend. “No kisses for you later.”
    Abby’s smile covers her entire face. “Yeah. I’ll believe that when I see it.”
    I look between the odd couple, shaking my head. “Have I ever told you that you two are weird?”
    Reid barrels out the door behind me. His hair is halfway dry, and he’s added a dark gray hoodie to his favorite holey jeans. He throws a set of keys at Grady’s chest. “You’re driving. Let’s go.”
    Grady starts to turn around, and Abby stops him. She places her hand over the spot on his shoulder she hit. Grady grins down at her. “It didn’t hurt that bad.”
    “Either way,” she says, “I don’t want it to bruise. Sometimes I forget my own strength.”
    “And sometimes I’m a jerk. I’m sorry.”
    Reid walks with me past them as Abby reaches up on her tiptoes to kiss Grady. Reid wrinkles his nose at me. “Why are they always so weird?”
     
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    Raven Ridge isn’t as much a ridge as it is a gigantic mountain. We pass Julien’s grandparents’ house on our way up the steep incline. I try not to look at it. The red tulips from the summer are all gone. Dead. Rebekah and his grandfather Haynes still live there, but there is no visible sign of life in the house anymore. Rebekah hasn’t spoken to anyone since she learned of her grandson’s fate. I force my eyes back on the road, biting the inside of my cheek to keep myself from crying. Reid’s