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The girls stared at him, mouths open.

“Are you selling something?”

The dark-haired girl shook her head.

“Did you find a lost dog?”

She shook her head again and held the dog tighter against her chest.

“Well, I’m running out of questions, so you’d better tell me what you want.”

There was no response—just wide-eyed silence.

“I have to get back to work,” he said, and stepped back to close the door.

“I’m Jilly Walker,” the dark-haired girl blurted out.

Tripp paused. Was this Camila Walker’s kid? Yeah, she had the same gorgeous hair, skin and eyes. That would mean…

“I make straight A’s and I’m going to be a doctor. I’m a good kid, everyone says so, and your family missed a lot by not knowing me. You missed even more by not knowing my mama. That’s all I have to say.”

She took a step backward and ran into her friend, who seemed to have turned to stone. The two of them locked hands and ran toward their bikes, then quickly rode away.