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beautiful.”
    “Nice to hear.” Selma stood up. “Victor, we need to put Vick to bed.”
    He gave her a wicked grin before standing. “Right behind you, Darling.”
    “Have a good night, everyone.” They disappeared into the house.
    Rylan stood cradling Mckayla in his arms. “We need to get Kayla to bed also.”
    He threw a look at his brother before saying goodnight to everyone and walking in the house. Aviana followed him with a smile and a wave goodnight.
    “It’s so peaceful around here,” Taya commented.
    Paige laughed as if she couldn’t help herself. “It’s peaceful right now. I think of it like we have entered the eye of the storm but it’s still raging around us and moving our way.”
    Taya nodded. It was actually a good analogy for how she felt.
    Paige and Cal stood up. “It’s time for us to retire. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.” They entered the house followed by Joaquin who said goodnight.
    “Wow, which one of us scared them away do you think?”
    Gabe chuckled. “I think it was the two of us together that did it.”
    “Why?”
    “No one has ever seen me. They always see my brother or see the two of us as one. When you came out here you didn’t look at Rylan then look at me as if you were seeing double. When you looked at him you didn’t see a twin but a separate person. That’s rare, unique, and they wanted to give me a chance to be alone with someone who saw me for me.”
    She slid her hand over to cover his.
    “I would hate it if everyone looked at me and thought I was interchangeable with another person. You’re not, you know. I see how different the two of you are and I’ve just met you. As far as the rest of the world, it’s their lost if they can’t see what a terrific person you are.”
    “Well, you’ve won me over. How about going for a walk? There’s a gazebo not far from here.”
    “I’d like that.”
    He stood and stretched out his hand to help her up. She took it and descended the porch steps. They walked slowly, her wrapped ankle didn’t throb too much but she didn’t want to aggravate it.
    Add a movie and this would be the best blind date she’d ever been on, except this wasn’t a date. Blind or otherwise and she needed to remember that.
    “How much of this land do they own?”
    “They own all of it and probably more than half of the town. They have been here a long time.”
    “Families do that. They hand down what they own through the generations.”
    “Your right and one day this will all go to Vick. Although something tells me that before it’s over Mckayla will own the other half of the town.”
    “Two powerful families under one roof.”
    “Something like that.”
    The walk to the gazebo was beautiful. The leaves were unfurling and the trees were coming alive. The soft grass under her feet seemed to whisper with the beauty of the night and her heart beat loudly because he was still holding her hand. It truly was magical.
    “This is nice.” She stepped on the gazebo feeling like she was in an old fashioned movie—one where the male would go down on bended knee and produce a ring as he declared his undying love.
    You’re moving too fast, Taya, she cautioned herself. Let’s back it up and picture the captain of the football team taking off his letter jacket, placing it around your shoulders, and going in for a clumsy kiss, because there can never be more than that.
    “What are you thinking?”
    Her cheeks flushed and she turned to look at the flowers beginning to bloom.
    “Nothing really. I…I was thinking about football. Do you play?”
    “No, I stayed away from contact sports growing up. Did you play sports growing up?”
    “No, I always thought I was too big for them.”
    He looked at her with blank eyes.
    “Too big,” she ran her hand over her body to emphasize what she meant.
    “You’re beautiful with your grey eyes and your black hair along with those kissable lips, but you’re more than your face. You have a gorgeous body