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nature of Connor Jacoby.
    It sucked. But at least now she knew.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    Connor stared at the flowing river in despair. The current was flowing faster than normal, as if it was trying to escape from a bitter pain. A gray dove in the tree sung him a song of sorrow. His shoulders slumped down and he closed his eyes.
    His mate was getting married in four days. This waiting was killing him. He just wanted her to get it over with so he could start the long, painful road to acceptance. All he wanted was the pain to subside. It would never end but maybe it would ease off a bit.
    Roxy sat down beside him and rubbed his back. The tension in his muscles breathed a bit under her comforting touch. He had called her.
    It was always Roxy that needed Connor’s help but for the first time in their relationship, he needed her.
    “You okay bro?” she asked.
    He opened his eyes and took a deep breath, staring at the river.
    “I know. Stupid question.”
    “Maybe I should head out west for a few weeks,” he said. “Go visit Beckett and Ellis.” His cousins and their crew, the Hudson Crew, always cheered him up.
    “That’s an idea,” she said.
    Just the thought of traveling farther away from Rebecca made his inner bear grumble and growl.
    He dropped his head. “I just don’t understand why.”
    “Did you talk to her?” she asked, rubbing his back.
    “I tried,” he said, feeling defeated. “She blocked my phone number. I even drove into the city to see her. She was with him. I didn’t want to make a scene.”
    “Girls can be weird sometimes,” she said.
    “You think?” he said sarcastically.
    “It just doesn’t make sense,” she said, staring at the forest on the other side of the river.
    “Whatever,” he mumbled. “She made her decision. I have to respect it.”
    Roxy rested her head on his shoulder. “I’m sorry bro. This sucks.”
    Connor gazed at the river with an empty stare. The sound of a car engine caught his ear. The wind shifted directions and her smell hit his nose. His head perked up as his bear came fully alert inside his chest.
    Rebecca.
    He ran to the road, leaving his sister looking back in confusion.
    He burst onto the dirt road just in time to see Rebecca’s car turn around the bend in the road. It disappeared behind the trees taking his heart with it.
    She was here. She was here and she didn’t even come to say hi .
    Now he truly knew that she wasn’t interested. That she was over him, if she was ever really into him in the first place.
    Connor fell to his knees and clutched his chest as his heart shattered to pieces.
     

nine
     
     
    The day before the wedding…
     
     
    “How do I look?” Sidney asked, stepping into the kitchen of the main cabin. He spun around, wearing his new black suit.
    “The hat is a bit much,” Connor said, in between bites of cereal.
    Sidney frowned as he ran his fingers along the rim of the tall, black, top hat. “These are in style.”
    “Look at the calendar,” Connor said, pointing with his spoon. “Does it say eighteen ninety six?”
    Edwin walked in through the back door looking like a super model in his suit. It hugged his athletic body perfectly, accentuating all of the right places. He was pulling the collar with his finger, making the faces of someone getting crushed by a boa constrictor. “It’s too small,” he complained. “It’s so tight.”
    “Don’t rip it,” Connor said. “It’s supposed to be tight. You look good.”
    “I hate it,” Edwin whined.
    Sidney was looking at his reflection in the back of a silver soup ladle. “Edwin. What do you think of the hat?”
    “I like it,” Edwin said, nodding. “Should I have a hat?”
    “See,” Sidney said to Connor. “He likes it too. You just don’t know fashion.”
    “Yeah take the fashion advice of the guy who treats this place like a nudist colony,” Connor said, shaking his head.
    Sidney sat down at the table next to him as Edwin wiggled around in his suit. He