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Deception always has a price tag.
ОглавлениеNo matter how small the lie, no matter how worthy the motive. And often one fib led to another. If he had to do it all over…
The sound of horse’s hooves approaching interrupted his thoughts. A sleek chestnut galloped closer, the rider a woman with a blond ponytail, her face flushed as she passed him and stopped near the horse barn.
He recognized her immediately.
Abby.
She expertly dismounted and stroked the mare’s head with a loving gesture. She laughed and the sound carried to where Jesse stood.
He remembered that laugh, musical and lighthearted. She’d laughed often back then; he wondered if she did now. Seeing her, even briefly, brought memories rushing back. Did she remember him with fondness, with pain—or at all?
From this distance, she looked the same, but maybe, up close, she’d changed as much as he had.