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“You don’t want to work on the pageant?” Connor asked her.

Natalie avoided his gaze. “It’s just… Isn’t it awkward for you? Wouldn’t you rather be working with someone else?”

“We’re both adults. Anything between us ended a long time ago. I agree with your mother that you’re the best qualified person to step in for her.”

“You didn’t answer my question,” she reminded him.

He wasn’t sure he could. “I want the best person we can get for the choir director. You’re good.”

He lifted her chin with his forefinger. “What happened?” he asked suddenly. “Why are you really back?”

Connor was uncertain whether he thought it would help to talk about the elephant in the room.

Her eyes clouded. “This isn’t easy to talk about.”

“You don’t have to. That was just counselor Connor kicking in. You know, all that listening and conflict resolution training I had at seminary.”

“No, you’re right. Talking will help us start over—as friends—so we can work together on the pageant.”

Something in him rebelled at the way she emphasized as friends.