Concern accomplished what little else could—pushing desire to the back burner. He stepped closer and watched her throat move as she swallowed—thanks to whatever she must have seen in his eyes—but he merely took her handand led her to the couch.“Tell me,” he urged. “Maybe I can figure it out.”“If you can, you’re one up on me,” she said with a sound that could have been a laugh but wasn’t. Still, she took adeep breath as she sank against one of the cushions and said, “Aunt Charlene walked in when I was with Emily. Wetold her we’d been discussing what Emily would carry down the aisle. Something old, something new…”Kelly seemed to expect him to fill in the rest, so Crain ventured, “Roses are red, violets are blue?”A slight smile tweaked her lips, and she said, “Close.Something borrowed, something blue.” Her smile faded asshe pulled a rubber-banded stack of envelopes out of her purse. “I went looking for something old.”“And you found those?” he asked, nodding at the bundle in her
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