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He glances at his Apple Watch.“Almost five.”
“I suppose we should go.”I look at my shoulders.“I hope my sunscreen held out.We’ve been here for hours.”
“We have,” he says with a sigh.
“Hey.”I flip onto my side to face him.“You okay?”
“Yeah.it’s just… I had fun.”
“Me too.”I frown.“That’s a good thing, isn’t it?”
“It is.Despite that dickhead Jordan.”He rubs at his scalp, mussing his half-wet hair.“But I haven’t…”
I nod.“I know.You haven’t been thinking about your brother.Maybe we should go.”
“I think so.”He sits up, adjusts his sunglasses.
I walk over to Gina and Lav in the pool.“Hey, guys,” I say.“I think Hawk and I are going to call it a day.”
Gina waves.“Okay, it was great hanging with you guys.”
“You too.See you in class next week.”
Ugh.
Class.
Where Jordan is my kitchen partner.
Oh, well… Can’t worry about that now.
Hawk and I head to the locker rooms and change back into our street clothes.In my hand is a plastic bag with my bikini inside.I throw my towels into the bins.
I meet Hawk outside the locker rooms.
“Ready?”he asks.
I nod.We walk to the parking lot.
“I’m sorry,” I say.
“For what?”
“I shouldn’t have invited you.I knew you had other things on your mind.So did I, actually.I guess I was selfish.”
“Dani,” he says.“Wanting some fun isn’t selfish.It’s self-care.We can’t only focus on the crap in our lives.We have to appreciate what’s good.”He takes my face in his hands.“And you, Daniela Agudelo, are the best thing in my life right now.”
17
HAWK
Seven Years Earlier…
Scarlett Ramsey gives me a bad feeling.
I know she’s the sister of Leif Ramsey, Falcon’s best friend from high school who’s now a Navy SEAL.Leif was always a great guy.He and Robin were involved in high school, but that didn’t work out for whatever reason.Their other sister, Laney, is cool too.
But Scarlett?
