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I pulled Laura aside, dragging her into the hallway while the guys were still in the kitchen, laughing and celebrating like lunatics. Their voices echoed through the house, but I was too frustrated to care.

"Okay, what the hell happened?" I demanded, crossing my arms. "Did Josh tell you about Sarah?"

Laura didn't even try to play dumb. She just winced, her cheeks turning faintly pink. "Yeah, he mentioned it."

I threw my hands up in disbelief. "What the hell was he thinking, Laura? Letting her stay with you? She's practically a stranger!"

Laura let out a sigh and leaned against the wall, biting into a cupcake like we weren't in the middle of a crisis. "He feels guilty," she said, seeming a little defeated.

"Guilty?" I repeated, trying to keep my voice from rising. "For what?"

"For being the injured one on the island, or something like that. He still hasn't opened up to me, Jess. I'm worried," Laura said, her tone softening.

"He thinks he owes her-at least enough to give her a place to crash for a while."

I groaned, pressing my fingers to my temples. "This is so typical

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to save the world without thinking it through. And you're okay

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help will help my case one day when I'm looking at the pearly gates, you know? Don't worry, I

of me before I could stop it. "You seriously

unfazed. "Damn right, I did. Look, I feel bad for Sarah. She's been through hell, and I understand why Josh feels he owes her. But won't turn my house into a

say anything else, the unmistakable pop of a champagne cork

think Suzan is a great name!" Josh's loud, exaggerated voice carried down the hall.

off my face. "Those two are impossible. You need

glancing back

when he's being a total idiot. And

little of the tension

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go make sure those two don't burn the house

despite myself, following her back to the

in a sugar coma in front of the TV, watching nothing of consequence. Laura was sleeping on Josh's lap while they waited

but the moment the host's voice shifted to that patronizing tone reporters use to

saved them-both refusing to admit there might be more to those weeks than they let on." The silence was deafening. Josh

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