"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.

with a rough crowd back then. He was still a kid. I tried to get him

the day he saw Max lying in a pool of his own blood. He'd been there when his sister and brother-in-law died too, and only Max survived-barely,

felt herself swept back to that grim moment, a chill

she managed, her

mom and dad moved far away, that they didn't really care for him.

regret rewriting Max's memories. Better a little anger than the agony of loss and guilt. Some memories were too cruel to

how she felt-just an aching sympathy for

run into

up, unable to hold back any longer after

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

could see that Connor's feelings for

Leonie was Hawthorne's niece and had no qualms about answering for

Gwyneth said quietly. "He always treated me like

rob her of the only brotherly bond she had left

faint smile. "Don't worry. He's not the same boy anymore. These days, he's a real ladies' man. New girlfriend every three months-he won't be hung up on

girlfriends every three months? Uncle, keep this up and I'll post your number online for blind dates," Connor

come to terms. He didn't remember much, but even

he was. She could never see him as more than

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