"So, Gwyn, what brings you to Greenvale?" Marcus asked, genuinely puzzled.

He'd expected Gwyneth to stay put in Starfall City.

Since it was rare for old friends to meet up, Marcus invited her out to a café. Leonie, determined to keep an eye on her uncle's friends and with her usual stubbornness, insisted on coming along.

Naturally, Hans tagged along too.

Marcus didn't mind.

"I'm getting married," Gwyneth announced.

Marcus set his cup down on its saucer with a sharp clink.

"No wonder," he said. "Word's all over Greenvale. Mr. Everhart's got the papers signed and the wedding's set for the end of the year."

Gwyneth had thought only the family knew-but apparently Hawthorne had managed to make it Greenvale's hottest gossip.

She just nodded. There was no need to elaborate. What she really wanted was news of Max.

"He's not quite the same as he used to be," Gwyneth ventured, choosing her words carefully.

didn't hide the truth. "He had a bad accident-was street racing with a rough crowd back then. He was still a kid.

him the day he saw Max lying in a pool of his own

listened, she felt herself swept back to

after?" she managed, her hand

parents' deaths. So I lied to him. Told him his mom and dad moved far away, that they didn't really care for him. He never missed them, never mourned-just carried a

a little anger than the agony of loss

couldn't quite describe how she

did you two run into each other?" Marcus asked, a little

rear-ended your nephew's car," Leonie piped up, unable to

way, your nephew's got a thing for my aunt. You'd better

that Connor's feelings for Gwyneth were

said bluntly. He knew Leonie was Hawthorne's niece and had no qualms about answering

said quietly. "He always treated me like

rob her

he's a real ladies' man. New

go through girlfriends every three months? Uncle, keep this up and I'll post your number online for blind dates," Connor shot back as he slid into the seat next to Marcus, right

Hawthorne. At first, he'd refused to accept it, but now he'd come to terms. He didn't remember much, but even

to the way he was. She could never see him as more than

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