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Lindsay knew she had it good. Her mom and dad were still married, still in love. They still had sex way too much, and she soooo didn’t want to think about that. But at least they hadn’t split like so many of her friends’ parents had, and despite having dragged her on this vacation, they usually let her do her own thing and didn’t gripe too much. They rarely yelled at her and didn’t pull cheap stunts like snagging her cell phone as punishment (an art Kate’s mother had perfected).
    â€œYour mom wants to go flea marketing tomorrow,” her dad said, before raising a fork full of corn to his mouth. He chewed and drank some wine. Then he said “You feel like coming along, or do you want to check out the beach?”
    Winnie the Pooh, Lindsay thought. Her dad looked like Winnie the Pooh. He had a round face, and when he smiled his cheeks pooched out. Hiseyebrows were really thin and neat, but the rest of his face was rounded and blunt. Pooh had been her favorite cartoon character when she was a little girl. Strange that she’d never noticed the resemblance before.
    He had his eyebrows arched and grinned like he was waiting for the punch line of a joke. Lindsay almost laughed at the expression.
    â€œI’m going to hang here,” she said. Her dad’s smile faded into disappointment. “I’m going to be on panic alert with Kate until her party is over. She’s kind of counting on the long distance help. I’ll just hang and explore the beach or something. You guys have fun.”
    â€œWe won’t be out long,” her mom said.
    â€œCool,” Lindsay said. “If the weather is still crappy, I can watch the box.”
    â€œIt’s supposed to be clear and warm,” her dad said. “I’ll bet the beach will be swarming with kids.”
    â€œWell, they better stay on the beach,” her mom said. “I don’t want you bringing strangers into your uncle’s house unless we’re here to meet them.”
    Lindsay rolled her eyes and put her fork down. “Right, because I want a bunch of slack-jawedmouth breathers to know where I’m staying.” She smiled widely to show her parents she was just playing.
    â€œYou might be surprised,” her dad said. “I told you the real estate market has been booming in this area. A lot of new people have moved in, and a lot of tourists are renting houses for the summer. Your uncle told me it’s quite the resort town these days.”
    Sure , Lindsay thought. It’s Cancún and Ibiza all rolled into one. That’s why there’s a trailer park half a mile up the beach.
    Still, she realized it was better than she’d thought. There had been new shops downtown, and some of the houses were new and cool. And of course the bit of eye candy next door didn’t hurt.
    Though she’d only caught a glimpse of him, she thought about the boy, wondered if he were visiting or if his parents owned the house. She reminded herself that she hadn’t seen him very well. Close-up he might look like Freddy Krueger, or he might be old, like twenty-five or something. But she didn’t think so. He might be a couple years older than her, and maybe he wasn’t a total CWthrobber, but he could be.
    â€œDid Uncle Lou say who owned the house next door?” Lindsay asked, making sure she sounded really casual.
    â€œNo,” her dad said. “I know he was pretty upset when Don and Judy sold the place, but that was over a year ago. He hasn’t said a word about the new owners.”
    â€œAnd what’s so interesting about the house next door?” her mom asked.
    Lindsay knew she couldn’t say anything about the boy without enduring her mom’s goofy jokes about romance, so she didn’t. “Someone needs to introduce them to Total House Makeover ,” she said.
    â€œIt could use a bit of renovation,” her dad agreed. “I noticed the porch was