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those summer ocean blue eyes and let herself drown all over again. It had hurt too much last time. Still did.
    “You rescued the little girl?” she said as everything suddenly fell into place and she realised why he was here. “It was you that saved Georgie. You’re back with the RNLI?”
    She looked at him, then looked away again. It was Bram who rescued Georgie. She could scarcely breathe and for one awful dizzying moment, Regan thought that she was going to faint.
    “I’ve always been a volunteer, Regan,” he said and she knew he was staring at her, could feel his eyes burning into her. “I was before I met you and I’ve never stopped. You know that. Nothing’s changed.”
    “I should th… thank you for what you did,” she said, still staring at the notes, her heart pumping like a piston engine. Thank him yes, but for God’s sake don’t tell him why! Tread carefully here, Regan, don’t let what’s happened make you blurt something out you will later regret.
    “Maybe her mother should be doing that,” he said, anger giving his voice a raw edge. “Poor little scrap, left to wander the cliffs on her own. Don’t these people realise kids are a gift to be treasured?”
    Oh, get him started on kids! It was his pet subject. Children and animals, helpless and vulnerable and unable a lot of the time to take care of themselves. If he hadn’t been a vet, he’d have been a paediatrician and a damn good one too.
    “Hey, Regan,” he called softly and she was reminded of just how persuasive he could be. “You can swing it for me to go home, can’t you? You know how I hate hospitals and there’s no one at home with the dogs and I’ve got surgery starting at eight tomorrow.”
    “Surgery?” her eyes snapped up, met his head on and crashed spectacularly. Still so blue, still so beautiful. “You mean you’re in practice round here again?”
    She hoped he’d say he was just doing locum work for Dennis, just here for a couple of weeks. He stared at her for a moment, a faint flush rising in his cheeks.
    He’d changed – and it wasn’t just the faint scar running down the side of his face, so dangerously close to his eye. Considering the mess he’d been in last time she saw him, he looked pretty good now. Better than good.
    “I bought Dennis out when he retired,” he said, having the grace to look at least a little uncomfortable that he’d made such a big move without informing her. “I know I’m the last person you want in town, Regan, but it’s a big enough place and there’s no reason our paths should ever cross. I liked my time here and I’ve always kept in touch with Dennis, so when he told me he was retiring, well I jumped at the chance to come back to be honest.”
    She had no idea Dennis had retired or that his practice was in new hands. She didn’t even know he’d kept in touch with Bram, presumably at Bram’s request. Her face burned. How many times had she been to the surgery with Bonnie her dog and taken Georgie along? How many times must Dennis have looked at the child and seen Bram? Had he said anything?
    “Hell, Regan,” Bram’s voice cracked. “It’s not so terrible me being back here is it? You don’t still hate me that much do you?”
    “Hate you? I never… How long have you been back?”
    “A month,” he muttered, then he lifted one side of his mouth in a crooked grin. “You really don’t hate me?”
    “You know I don’t. But you’ve only been here a month and here we are crossing paths already. Did you really think you could just come back and pick up your life again and not expect to bump into me? Or did you come back for just that purpose?”
    “I didn’t come back here to see you, Regan,” he said quietly. “But I must admit I’m not sorry that I have.”
    “Then why?” Her heart was hammering.
    “I like it here,” he shrugged. “It’s the first place in my whole life that ever felt like home.”
    She threw his notes down, anger bubbling up inside