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She knew the truth too late.

Carson and his children would be too easy to love. She had to get away.

“I’m going to town. There’s the…” Think, think. “Stuff. At the…feed store.”

Carson quirked a brow. “Maybe I’ll go with you. The kids and I need some…stuff, too.”

She wanted to protest. But the challenge in his eyes wouldn’t let her.

“I’ll go get ready.”

She turned to leave, but he reached out for her. “Kylie, we really don’t need anything in town.”

She knew that. He’d been teasing, trying to get the best of her. And just for a brief moment she’d hoped he wanted to spend time with her.

She might have been the first girl he kissed, the girl he promised to always love, but, she reminded herself, she wasn’t the woman he married.

She realized her mistake. She’d been thinking of him as that boy she’d loved. He wasn’t. Not anymore.

She had fallen for a memory.

And the memory had turned to hope.