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the music.
    “So, my sister is pretty adamant, huh?”
    “Yeah,” he smiles down to me, “It’s a shame too.”
    “A shame for you,” I tell him, I feel him laugh as we dance close to one another until it is over and he pulls away from me and smiles a bit, leaning down and kissing me. He leaves me standing on the dance floor alone; breathless. He intrigues me which cannot be a good thing.
    We leave the bar and I’m certain that I can see the sun begin to rise and I know that I watched Austin for a bit as he was making out with a girl in the corner of the bar.
     
    I wake at noon and walk downstairs to find that Mar had to leave for work. I’m not sure how she can work after a night like that. I sigh and open the backdoors to start on my morning run that I have planned on doing every morning , but I know that I won’t stick to it. As I am running I look over and see Austin standing at the backdoor looking out of one of the houses as I hear tires squealing from the street, and he sees me and opens the door.
    “Hey , Soph,” I hear him say and I wave back trying to make it so he doesn’t feel the need to come over to me and I quicken my pace. I also know that the squealing tires was most likely coming from the girl that he had taken home last night, I’m not sure why I feel slightly jealous over it.
    I walk back into the house an hour later gasping for breath. I am a little out of shape; yes I will admit that I, Sophie Tice, have been eating my feelings. I shower quickly and change into a simple tank top and a pair of shorts then walks back downstairs when I hear a tapping coming from the backdoor and I see Austin standing waiting for me. He smiles at me and waves; I simply smile back as I approach the door and open it stepping out onto the patio.
    “Hey,” he says. I can’t help but stare at him in his khaki shorts and White button down shirt with the first three buttons unbuttoned showing off his sculpted pecks.
    “Hi,” I reply looking up to him strange.
    “So, did you have fun last night?”
    “Yeah,” I want to add not as much as you , but I decide to take the higher road, plus I’m not sure why I care.
    “That’s good, I’m glad Soph.” I sigh, sitting down at the table and looking to him; he sits down next to me which causes my pulse to quicken a bit. “Look, I’m sorry about last night. Sometimes I can’t turn it off.”
    “Turn what off?” I ask him.
    “The asshole,” I can’t help but laugh.
    “You know, you do choose to be him.” I smile at him and he shrugs.
    “Sometimes you don’t have a choice over who you become.”
    “If that’s what you think.” I tell him. “But I believe that you always have a choice.”
    “It is, what I believe,” he smiles, “You know though, for you and Mar being twins you don’t look exactly the same.”
    “Well, that’s because we are not identical, and I get a little excited with black dye.” He laughs.
    “I like it, there’s something different between you two.”
    “Yes, if only my parents approved of it,” he smiles to me again.
    “Well, why don’t you come by my office tomorrow around eleven, we can start going over the case.”
    “Alright, that sounds good. I’ll just ask Mar for the address.” He nods and then walks away. I can’t help but watch him as he walks back down the beach and look at his back as the muscles move with every move that he takes. He suddenly stops and turns to look at me like he is going to say something, but when he sees me, watching him , it falls from his face. I let my eyes fall suddenly, pulling my lip in with my teeth, knowing that he is watching me I get up from the table and walk back through the doors, I turn to shut them and see him still standing there, watching me. One corner of his mouth pulls up and he smirks to me, and my pulse starts racing.

Chapter Four
     
     
    I am not ready for this on a Monday morning. I am walking up the steps in my blue Mouret dress with blue Jimmy Choos and my