Bellefonte, PennsylvaniaOne Week LaterDux dried the last dish, put it back in the cupboard, then glanced over at Briley. She was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a cup of green tea that Drake had made her. She looked good today, well-rested and happy, and Dux caught her eye and returned her smile.“So,” he said, closing the cupboard door. “That’s dinner all cleaned up. We brought over some ice cream for dessert, so when you’re ready for that, just say the word, babe.”“Ice cream, huh?” Briley said. “What flavor?” “All the flavors we could get our hands on,” Drake said. “We learned from the whole ‘we brought chocolate, but Mama was craving salted caramel’ debacle.”Briley laughed. “I was happy to eat the chocolate, and you know that damn good and well. It wasn’t my idea to go out at eight p.m. looking for salted caramel ice cream at every corner store for thirty miles.”“And in the end, we got back here at ten o’clock, with no salted caramel ice cream,” Dux said morosely. “We
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