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Picking it up, he saw it was a text from Cassie.
     
    Cassie: I forgot that you asked, but I would love to come to the wedding with you on Saturday.
     
    Well, shit, he forgot he asked her, but hell—at least there would be the promise of sex afterwards.
     
    Dylan: Cool, you’ll probably have to drive separately since I’m the best man and will be helping Dustin with shit all day. Is that cool?
     
    Cassie: Yeah, that’s fine. C you sometime this week?
     
    Dylan: ???? Maybe, I’ll call u.
     
    Cassie: K. by e 
     
    He tossed his phone back on the desk and finished up what paperwork he needed to. Then it was time to head out to Hilton Head for the day.
    It was after eight by the time Dylan got home and he was exhausted. Showering quick and then grabbing a beer, he went into the living room and booted up his computer. He took a few pulls off his beer as he started checking his e-mail. Most was junk, but he got to an e-mail from one of his good friends from the Marines. It looked like Chris’s wife Betsy had just given birth to their second child: a girl. Dylan was happy for them and would have to make sure he sent them a gift. He clicked through the pictures of the little family and felt a sense of longing as he stared at the happy couple.
    He shook his head and drained his beer. Who was he kidding; he didn’t want that, he didn’t want what his parents had, his baby sister and now his brother. At least that’s what he was going to keep telling himself. Maybe he and Cassie could talk after all of the wedding stuff was over and see if they were still on the same page.
    Throwing away his empty beer bottle , he locked up the house and got into bed. He stared up at the ceiling for a long time wondering where all of these crazy thoughts were coming from. Dylan was glad when he felt sleep start to take him under. He needed to get out of his own head.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Two
     
     
    By Friday, Journey was happy that the kids had settled into a pretty good routine. Nan was still coming over in the mornings to help get the kids ready, but drop-offs were going well. Joey was no longer crying when she went to leave and seemed to be thriving already with the interaction between him and the other children. Mia told Journey the night before when she picked him up that he had all of the girls fawning all over him.
    Abby loved her teacher and was even making friends. Journey was enjoying her classes. Granted, it was only the first week of school, but most of the kids seemed eager to learn. Even though a lot of them had, they were going to read To Kill a Mockingbird . She had lots of activities planned as they read it. That book had always been a favorite of hers.
    After her last class cleared out , she started packing up her stuff to take home for the weekend. She just finished when there was a knock at her door. Smiling, she watched Zach enter her room with his own bag over his shoulder. He was so handsome with his dark blond hair-perfectly tousled, his cornflower blue eyes, and the two matching dimples when he smiled at her.
    She kissed him quickly and grabbed her things. They were careful not to touch on school grounds because Zach didn’t want any problems for Journey if someone found out about them.
    “How was your day? I feel like I’ve hardly seen you,” he said as they walked through the halls to staff parking.
    “It was good. I’m glad to have the first week done. Next week we’re going to start reading To Kill a Mockingbird and I’ve got lots of stuff planned while we do. How was yours?”
    “You do realize most of them have probably read it, right? My week was good, just the same old same old. “
    “Oh , I’m sure they have, but it’s a great book. I can’t wait to read it again.” When they reached her car she threw her bag in the trunk. Zach reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
    “I’ve missed you this week. What would you say to pizza tonight? I could grab it