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Chapter 5

Kenzi surfaced moments later to hear Molly’s laughter. She sat soaking wet on the edge of a rock with Shawn besides her. He looked like he was ready to strangle her but kept his cool.

“Molly, why did you do that?” Kenzi asked as she wiped the water out of her eyes.

“I thought it would be fun. ‘Sides you said that the water was deep ‘nough to dive to from the cliff,” Molly said brushing Kenzi’s hair back.

“How are we going to get back up?” Kenzi asked looking at Shawn.

“There’s a path up the side, almost like stairs. I guess we can go back up after we’re done swimming,” Shawn said as he quickly grabbed Molly and dunked her and himself under the water.

Molly giggled and hugged Shawn’s neck so she wouldn’t lose her grip. Kenzi laughed and splashed them. They made their way up the rocks after about a half hour to find the Mortimer’s sound asleep and naked.

Kenzi covered Molly’s eyes while Shawn covered them with a blanket so they wouldn’t burn in the sun, although he secretly thought they deserved it. He glanced at Kenzi with a smile in his eyes. She smiled at him but kept her hand over Molly’s eyes.

After writing the Mortimer’s a short note, Kenzi, Shawn and Molly made their way back to the house on their horses while leaving the others to happily munch on the lush grass of the woods.

Molly had fallen asleep in her arms during the ride back and Shawn carefully took her from Kenzi when they got back to the stables. Toby helped her down and carried the saddlebags into the house for them.

Shawn took Molly up to her room and then went back downstairs to help Kenzi and Helen clean out the saddlebags. They were laughing in the kitchen when the Mortimer’s came back waddling into the house.

Kenzi’s eyes got round when she realized they were sunburned. “I guess we should have made sure they kept the blanket on,” Kenzi whispered to Shawn as the Mortimer’s headed up to their bedroom.

Shawn tried to control his laugh but it was bubbling out of him. Kenzi looked horrified at the prospect of being sunburned like the Mortimer’s had been.

“I suppose it happens all the time,” Shawn said stifling a chortle.

“Imagine being sunburned down there,” Kenzi replied with a stern voice and looked pointedly down at his crotch.

Shawn squirmed at the thought but noticed Kenzi was squirming at that thought too. Helen had decided to go to her room to finish watching her favorite TV show and left them alone in the kitchen.

Shawn looked at Kenzi and they both started laughing. Kenzi looked so good, finally laughing again. It had been a long time since she’d laughed this much in front of him.

“Shawn, what is it?” Kenzi asked looking at him with an odd expression.

“I want to kiss you,” he replied huskily as he moved towards her.

“This isn’t a good idea,” Kenzi said hoarsely as Shawn’s body pressed hers to the counter.

“I think it is, Miss Evans ,” Shawn replied as he gently tugged on her hair and pulling her lips to his.

The touch of his lips on hers caused an explosion of memories. Them dancing on their wedding day, the day she gave birth to their daughter Layla, the nights they danced in the rain together, the pain of Layla being gone, and the divorce.

Shawn pulled his lips away when he tasted the presence of Kenzi’s salty tears. He knew she was remembering their past but he couldn’t help her with it until she was ready to face it.

“I still love you, my Kenzi,” Shawn said gently wiping her tears away with his fingers.

“I’ll always love you, Shawn,” Kenzi whispered as more tears seeped out of her eyes.

Shawn gently kissed her again and turned to go to his room above the garage. Kenzi didn’t try to stop him she just cried pitifully and turned off the light to go to bed.

Helen was sitting on the stairs when Kenzi started to go up to check on Molly and then to her room.

“What aren’t you