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“We were quite a pair, weren’t we?” Ava said.

“Best friends,” Sawyer said.

They had been best friends, until she’d married Billy. Her husband had been too threatened by her friendship with his cousin to allow the relationship to continue.

Ava looked away from him, suddenly afraid of the intense look in his eyes and the way it made her feel. “There were times you seemed almost mad at me,” she said. “Were you?”

“I could never be mad at you, Ava.” He reached out and caressed her cheek. “I was mad at myself, for not speaking up before I left.”

“Speaking up about what?” she asked. Her throat felt dry. She could barely push the words out of her mouth.

He smiled at her, a tender smile that went straight to her heart. “It’s all water under the bridge.” He reached for her hand, giving it a little squeeze before letting it go.

Something flickered in his eyes. She couldn’t be sure, but it looked a little like regret.