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"Got any wet wipes? Hayden asked. "Or another towel? I need to clean up."

He was clutching my towel, but it was pretty obvious he wasn't about to use it on his dirty clothes.

"I've got some face towels," I offered, digging out a couple. "You can wet them and use them the same way."

He hesitated, staring at the face towels like they were alien tech or something.

I couldn't help but laugh. "Seriously? You've never seen these before?"

"Yeah, first time," he admitted, which somehow made him even more likable.

It kinda made sense, though. He hadn't been in a relationship and didn't have any women in his life. And honestly, face towels were a pretty recent trend anyway.

"They're disposable face towels, mostly for women," I explained, wetting one and handing it to him. Hayden nodded, finally getting it, and started wiping the dirt off his clothes. As he did, I noticed a smudge on his shoulder, so I grabbed another towel and reached out to clean it off.

The second I touched him, he tensed up a little. I acted like I didn't notice and just kept wiping.

his neck, and my mind instantly flashed to that dream- the one where a boy was carrying me on his back,

to figure out if it

had soaked his shirt. "Uh, all done," I mumbled, quickly pulling my

his neck. "That mole... have you had it since you were a

Her

reached up, touching the spot. "Yeah,

heart skipped a beat. Could "Haddy" from

Hayden for long, so how could I have dreamed about him as a kid, carrying me on his

imagination, full of weird, unexplainable stuff, but this one-it felt way too real.

hadn't even known about the

go," Hayden said, turning to face me, which

ran into one of the old ladies from the building on her way up. She flashed Hayden a warm smile

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help but think, "Wow, she's really not shy about asking

smiled back, totally unfazed,

soldier, always ready to lend a

polite, I couldn't imagine him actually coming back here on the

neighborhood might be a bit old, but it's still in decent

now

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