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“It’s perfect,” Savannah replied.

“Can I get you something to drink?” Maggie asked, gesturing toward the small kitchenette.

“Water would be great, thanks. It’s scorching hot outside.”

As they sat down with their drinks, Maggie asked about Savannah’s plans for the day.

“I just needed to get out of the house,” Savannah admitted with a sigh. “Grady and I are still not talking.”

Maggie’s jaw dropped in shock. “Seriously?”

Savannah nodded sadly. “I know I made him mad when I hung up on him, but I never thought he would go this long without reaching out.” She shook her head. “I miss him.”

“I bet you do. Men tend to speak without thinking sometimes. He probably didn’t realize the implications of his words when he asked about your feelings for Kirk.”

“Maggie, he has to know I don’t have feelings for Kirk anymore. That man shattered me. I would never take him back.”

“That’s what you need to make clear to Grady. He needs to hear it from you.”

Savannah took the glass Maggie handed her and sipped from it, then nodded.

“Grady should know that, but maybe I should go to his place and talk to him.”

“Maybe you should.”

They chatted for a while longer before Savannah decided to leave and head over to Grady’s house. She hugged Maggie goodbye, walked down the steps, got into her car, checked fortraffic, and pulled onto the street when there was a break. She drove down Main Street and made her way to Grady’s house in hopes of resolving their issues.

As she pulled up to his place, she noticed that his truck wasn’t there. She hoped he wasn’t at the ranch because she had no idea how to get there. She parked beside the wooden rail fence, got out of her car, and walked onto the porch where she knocked on the door. It was unusually quiet inside. Maybe he was working, but she knew he had weekends off.

She tried the doorknob, but it was locked. That surprised her since Grady never locked his door.

“What the hell?” she muttered under her breath.

She walked around to the back of the house, admiring the glistening water in the pool as she went, but Grady was nowhere to be found. She walked up the wood steps to the deck and peered through the windows, but it seemed like no one was home.

“Where could he be?” she whispered to herself.

Did he go out of town without telling her?

“Well, you did hang up on him,” she reminded herself, feeling guilty.

Taking a deep breath, she walked back around to the front of the house, climbed into her car, and drove home. She felt disappointed and her heart ached at not being able to find Grady.

She pulled into her driveway and saw Kirk sitting on her porch. “Oh great. One I can’t find and the other one I don’t want to find.”

After popping the trunk, she got out of her car and walked to the back to retrieve her bags, ignoring Kirk.

“Do you need some help?” he asked as she struggled with all of her bags.

Savannah looked at him and responded sternly, “What I needis for you to leave me alone. Go marry... whoever it is you’re going to marry and stay away from me.”

“Vanna...”

She narrowed her eyes. “Kirk, just go. I’m happy now with someone else.”

“I want you to be happy for me.”

“I’m thrilled to death. You said you came here to tell me you were getting married. You did that. So now you can go.”

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