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“I’m sorry about earlier,” Hannah said. “I shouldn’t have run away.”

“Interesting turn of phrase,” Jeff replied.

“A trait I’m trying to change.” Tonight, a part of her longed to embrace change.

“Let’s eat.” He drew her chair out, a gentlemanly gesture, then sat in the chair opposite her.

Hannah flushed. “You could have sat over here.” She indicated the chair to her right.

He smiled. “If you’d prefer …”

“Not what I meant and you know it.”

The smile deepened. “I’m good here for the moment. The extra space gives me a buffer zone.”

This time Hannah smiled. His teasing look was tinged with a hint of compassion, just enough to help calm the encroaching waves within.

She wanted new memories. New chances. New beginnings. Isn’t that why she’d come to Jamison in the first place?

You came here to hide. Nothing more, nothing less.

Then she wanted to stop hiding.