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Gavin.”
    Cassie laughed as they walked towards the back of the house. “I bet you hardly had any sleep last night.”
    “How could I, when you couldn’t tell me all about it because Carter might overhear? Speaking of my brother, I take it you’ve told him?”
    “I didn’t have to tell him because he already knew.”
    “Oh. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. He and Gavin are as thick as thieves. But I wonder why Carter’s never asked me about my relationship with Gavin before? He’s usually so nosy about my affairs.”
    “He gave me the impression that Gavin had asked him not to since you both agreed never to talk about it.”
    “Hey, no fair starting the conversation without us!” they heard Marilyn say.
    Natasha grinned as they joined Lexie, Jade, Erin and Marilyn in Lexie’s large but cosy informal dining room. She placed her cake in the middle of the glass dining table with the other yummy dishes, then kissed the other girls hello before settling herself on one of the chairs.
    “Okay,” Lexie said as she poured Natasha a green smoothie. “So we already know that you and Gavin were in a relationship five years ago. But that’s all the rest of us know, apart from the fact that you still have the hots for Gavin.”
    “And I think Gavin still has the hots for her,” Cassie piped in. “By the way, girls, Carter didn’t want me sharing anything with you at all today. But I said that if he has a problem trusting the six of us, then he should come here with me today and tell that to our faces.”
    “Way to go, Cass,” Jade said, grinning. “Seeing that he’s not here, I take it he’s chosen to trust us?”
    “He had to go away and think about it for a while. When he came back, he asked me to make each of you promise not to breathe a word about this to anyone else.”
    Natasha nodded. “I won’t be surprised if Carter’s worry is connected to Amber’s case. That’s a police matter that they’d want to keep confidential.”
    “Well,” Erin said, “whatever you choose to tell us, I promise not to tell anyone, not even Brad. I’ll just get Brad to ask Carter or Gavin about it if he happens to want to cajole some details out of me.”
    The other women made similar promises.
    “Thanks, girls,” Natasha said. “Okay, Cass, can you tell us why you decided to call on our agreement?”
    “Agreement?” Jade asked.
    “Well, a month ago, I confided in Cassie that Leo wasn’t doing it for me emotionally and physically even though I really wanted to like him. She pried out of me the reason why.”
    “Gavin,” the other four said in unison.
    “Yes,” she said with a chuckle. “Cassie said that my feelings for Gavin were getting in the way of me falling for someone else. I denied it, but Cassie thought I was only lying to myself.”
    “And you were,” Cassie said. “As evidenced by your reactions in the last few days.”
    “I wasn’t ready to admit it then but, yes, I still do have feelings for Gavin. I’ve never stopped loving him.”
    The other girls murmured their support.
    She smiled. “So Cassie took it upon herself to find out how Gavin currently feels about me even though I said then I didn’t want to know.”
    “Because she was scared of what the answer might be,” Cassie said. “I was already getting frustrated with her because I knew she was just lying to herself. So I warned her that if I found out that Gavin still has feelings for her, I’d tell everyone else about their past relationship to force the two of them to face the truth. To my surprise, she agreed.”
    “Because I just wanted that particular conversation to be over,” Natasha said with a laugh. “And I thought it was an empty threat.”
    “I didn’t think I’d do it either. But after secretly watching Gavin during the party and noticing how he looked at you when he thought no one was looking, I decided to give you a bit of a nudge. I couldn’t stand not doing anything when it could just be a