Lifting her gaze, she accepted, “Alright, we’ll go tonight. Let me first toast the newlyweds.”

Gracefully, she rose and walked away, unintentionally leaving her phone on the swing.

Mylo picked it up and tried to unlock it. To his astonishment, Judie hadn’t set a password.

With a swift touch, Mylo accessed the message notifications, revealing a lengthy list that made him furrow his eyebrows in consternation.

Scrolling through, he found they were essentially Judie’s monologues, not unlike the messages he’d received from other women who pursued him.

“Good morning.”

“Eaten yet?”

to catch

message concluded with a playful emoji, adding a veneer of innocence to her

of responses from Bruce. The infrequency of Bruce’s replies mirrored how Judie

L A ‘s L I B R

been doggedly chasing a woman whose heart

wasn’t lost on

she’d forgotten her phone, Judie turned back. Quick to act, Mylo reverted

punctuating the Fairclough

had successfully handed over the Sky Heart artifact to the curator, Mr. Green. Fulfilling her promise, she

their scenic jaunt, they

Mr. Green goodbye with a smile, watching as his plane took off into the vast sky. She

a black fisherman’s hat. Sensing something was off, she meant to take a closer look. But before she could,

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