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deal with having sex again?
    “You wanted simple. Sex complicates things. Seemed smart.”
    I knew sex could complicate things. I knew that, unfortunately, very well. But ever since the incident, I tried as hard as possible to not make it complicated and thought I had gotten pretty good at it. Eliminating sex completely from the equation? That, I had never thought of.
    Was I really giving into this? “Okay . . .” I finally answered.
    He softly chuckled, “That was the most unsure okay I’ve ever heard. Please don’t flatter me with your enthusiasm.”
    I smiled. “This is all very strange.”
    Ty nodded his head. “Yeah it is, but I’d rather have strange with you than nothing at all.”
    I couldn’t help by laugh at that. He was endearing, adorable and really sexy. Even if I didn’t feel like I had the control I usually did, I didn’t want to say no to his proposition. Quite the opposite actually. I was known for going with the flow, but when you really looked at it, I was the master at being in control and making it look all so effortlessly.
    The thing about this? It was a new place, new people, new job, and it was only a summer. How much could happen in one summer? If things got to be too much, I could leave and go back to my life in Boise. Simple. Not complicated. I could do this.

CHAPTER FOUR
    Ty
    She said yes and I couldn’t believe it. When she asked to make it simple, I had to think on the fly and then came up with what I thought was the perfect plan. I wasn’t lying when I said I would take whatever with her. I was almost positive she was going to shut me down so fast I wouldn’t even be able to come up with a rebuttal to her refusal. It went over better than I thought.
    When I left we had agreed to do the first date on Sunday. That was last week and now it was Sunday morning and I was putting the last minute details together. I was in the little market in town when I heard behind me, “Hey stranger.”
    I turned and a wide smile filled my face. “Clara.” I hugged the small girl in front of me. Her hair was a pale pastel pink and she was barley five foot tall, like a nymph from the forest.
    “Hi cousin.” She said as she hugged me back. Clara was only a year younger than me and one of my closet friends. When my life was in upheaval on different occasions, Clara was always there for me. I had gotten her the job at the lodge as a server after the first summer I was here and she came back every summer since. Things had been hectic as I left and wasn’t able to see her as much as I wanted to. This was the first time seeing her up in Gypsum.
    “Have you met her?” I asked her. She knew about Jolene and I had tried to get her to talk to her, make friends and maybe . . . just maybe try to get some information about her. Clara was not a willing participant in giving me information but she had made friends with her. Clara wasn’t worried about the date tonight.
    I, of course, was worried. It had been a long time since I had taken a girl on a date. Ever since Brooke, I didn’t really date. I was too focused on finishing school and trying to make something of myself. Trying to be responsible because I had to be. When I was in Montana for school, I was with a few girls but nothing ever too in-depth, just a good time here or there. I didn’t know what it was about Jolene, but she made me see things differently. She wasn’t just a night and a good time. I wanted to explore it being more, but I knew I had to do this right.
    “Ty, are you listening?”
    I snapped back to Clara and focused on what she was trying to say. “Sorry, what?”
    She smirked and tilted her head, “What is it about this girl. You seem to be far away right now.”
    I shook my head. “I don’t know Clara. Jolene is like this siren and from the moment I saw her in Caleb’s apartment I can’t get her out of my head. I don’t know if it was her confidence when she came out of his room only wearing a tank top and little else or