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"He'd just had his world shattered with a revelation about his father, and he was thinking about me."

"I never got the chance to finish that sentence, because the next thing I knew, Mrs. Laughlin was hugging me, holding on to me for dear life."

""Which Hawthorne am I offering as part of the package?" Landon asked, all business."

""We care," Alisa said emphatically. Then she turned back to Landon. "And you can tell Monica that we'll guarantee a sit-down Wednesday evening with Avery and... Grayson.""

"Avery." Grayson lingered on my name, just for a moment.

Grayson smiled, and that smile cut into me, every bit as much as his kiss. "Got it."

"A Very Risky Gamble." Toby looked down. "What I took that night. What Hannah took when she nursed me back to life, knowing what her family would do to her if they found out."