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Cadie glanced around. “Evelyn and Denny aren’t here to cheer you on?”
The smile slipped from Brystol’s face. “Not this year.”
Cadie frowned, and the two women exchanged looks.
“How do women do that?” I asked.
“Do what?” Brystol asked.
“Speak to each other without speaking?”
Both women laughed, then Brystol shrugged. “It’s a gift.”
“I’d say,” Kian added with a huff.
Cadie wrapped her arm around Kian’s. “What are your plans now?”
Brystol looked at me, and I gave a one-shoulder shrug. “It’s up to you.”
“Well,” she started with a grin, “I’m starving…and craving pizza again.”
“Slice, Slice, Baby?” Kian asked.
With a little jump and clap of her hands, Brystol answered, “Yes! Want to meet us there?”
Cadie looked around. “Anyone else here cheering you on?”
“Mom and Dad should be around here somewhere. If I know them, they’ve run into friends and are talking their ears off.”
Cadie chuckled. “Aurora or Harper?”
I glanced around. “I haven’t seen either of them.”
Brystol frowned slightly. “They said they’d be here.”
“There they are,” Kian said, pointing through the crowd.
Sure enough, Harper came walking up with a huge bouquet of flowers, with Aurora by her side, pushing a stroller.
“Oh my gosh, Aurora has Winnie!” Cadie said, dropping us like a hot plate and rushing over to Winnie, who grinned when she saw Cadie.
Harper hugged Brystol. “Congratulations on another great run! These are for you.”
Brystol buried her face in the flowers. “Oh, these smell heavenly.”
“Where’s Declan?” I asked.
“He’s around somewhere. He and James were talking to some younger police officer I’ve never seen before.”
I nodded. “Lucas Parson.”
“Lucas Parson, that’s a tongue twister.” Harper laughed. “Good-looking guy who clearly had eyes for Aurora. He couldn’t stop staring at her.”
We all glanced over at Aurora, who was laughing at something Cadie was saying to Winnie.
“We’re heading to Slice, Slice, Baby if you guys want to join us,” Brystol said. “I’m hungry after that race, and I’m dying for their stromboli.”
“Oh, that sounds yummy,” Harper replied. “Let me text Declan and let him know.”
