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and he wasn’t sure if she meant the sex, the Facebook photo or Mitch’s certainty his best friend wouldn’t put the moves on his sister. “I’m not worrying about what people think. I’m starting a new life and I’m going to have fun and do what I want to do. If people want to plaster it on Facebook, more power to them.”
    “Do me a favor and don’t do it at sixty miles per hour, okay?”
    She smiled and looked up at him. “Does that mean you’re letting me off with a warning, Chief Miller?”
    He should give her a warning, all right. A warning not to look at him like that, with her pretty eyes and the smile that looked sweet, but held a hint of naughtiness. “Just this once.”
    After waiting to make sure she pulled the Mustang back onto the road and drove off at a legal speed, Drew did a U-turn and decided to head home for lunch. While most of the time being in the house alone depressed him, sometimes it was a crazy-people-free refuge and that’s what he needed right now.
    He made himself a turkey sandwich on wheat in deference to his uniform’s belt, but then slathered on the mayo in deference to his mood.
    Sitting on one of the two bar stools at his counter, since Mal had taken the dining room set, he ate his sandwich and tried to clear his head. He vaguely remembered, from some high school English class, a story about beautiful women who’d lure sailors in so they smashed their ships on the rocks. That’s how he felt about Liz. Not that she was trying to lure him to his death, but he didn’t seem to be able to resist thinking about her, even knowing it wouldn’t end well.
    Even without Mitch as a rock to crash up against, any relationship between Drew and Liz was a disaster waiting to happen. They were both starting over, but they were going in different directions. Liz wanted to have fun and figure out her new direction in life. Drew already knew what direction he was going in. He wanted children, so he was looking for a wife who wanted the same and he was tired of waiting.
    He needed to stop thinking about Liz Kowalski every time he closed his eyes and start picturing the family he wanted to have. Maybe if he concentrated hard enough, he could imagine the sounds of young voices and the sight of bicycles left in the driveway. He’d wanted that for a long time, but had been married to the wrong woman. Now it was time to start making that dream come true, and being derailed by another wrong woman wasn’t getting him any closer.
    No matter how good she might make him feel, he had to remember Liz wasn’t going to be the mother of his children.

Chapter Three
    Liz parked in front of the Northern Star Lodge and leaned against the car to look over her childhood home. Somehow it was still the same while not being the same at all. She knew her brothers had done a lot of major remodeling before the wedding eight months ago, but she could see they’d been making constant cosmetic improvements since.
    The huge house gleamed white and the dark green shutters framing the new windows were in perfect condition. Traditional white rocking chairs were placed in conversational groupings along the deep farmer’s porch, which was punctuated by hanging baskets overflowing with bright flowers. The landscaping was lush and inviting, and she could hardly believe this was the same lodge Mitch had sent her photos of back when it was in financial trouble and they’d had to make the decision to sell it or keep it. Even when she was a kid and her dad still ran the place, she didn’t think it had looked this good.
    The front door opened and her brother Josh stepped out into the shade of the porch. She ran up the steps and threw herself into his waiting embrace, so glad she’d decided to move home. Phone calls just weren’t the same.
    “Rosie’s been waiting for you all morning,” he told her. “And she gets up early.”
    “I needed bacon.”
    “Don’t we all?” He held her out at arm’s length. “You look great. A