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she?”
    “Yeah. She was one of
the worst.”
    “Then I’m glad I
could do that. Who was worse than her, though? Maybe I need to pay
them a visit, too.”
    “Me,” I tell her,
looking her in the eye. “I was the worst.”
    * * *
    Tegan
    There’s no airport in
my hometown, unless you count the Hall’s private air strip, so I
have to drive in from Houston. Ethan is looking around, just taking
it all in, when we approach the “Welcome” sign. I pull over to
the side of the road before we reach it. I close my eyes and take a
few deep breaths. I thought I was prepared to come back. I know I
have to be here in order to make sure both Caleb and Jade are safe.
But for some reason, I can’t make myself put the car back in drive.
    “It’s okay, Mama. I
won’t let anyone hurt you.”
    “I’m supposed to
take care of you, baby, not the other way around.”
    “You take care of the
world already, and you’ve raised me better than anyone else ever
could have. I want to protect you now. I’ve got your back.”
    I burst into tears
then. Hearing my little boy wanting to protect me does me in. No one
in this town ever stood up for me, not even my own parents. But Ethan
will, and so will my friends. I know it without a doubt, and that’s
what makes me shift the car into gear and drive into town.
    I suppress the urge to
crouch in my seat as we drive through the main street of town. It’s
not “Main Street” because there’s no one named Main living
here. You guessed it—it’s Hall Street. Which I belatedly remember
means this is part of Ethan’s legacy as well.
    “This is Hall Street,
E. It was named for your great-great-great-great-grandfather, who
founded this town.”
    “Woohoo.”
    “Sarcasm isn’t
going to change who you are.”
    “I’m Tegan Kelly’s
son. That’s all.”
    I want to argue with
him, but I realize now is really not the time. I’ve worked hard to
keep my bitterness towards Cal from Ethan, but he’s a smart kid. He
knows what I’m doing, and he’s called me on it more than once. We
pull up to my house before I can think any more about the two men I
love, and how to handle them both.
    I bought this house
about a year ago, with Matt’s help. He created a fake corporation
for me, so it can’t be traced. I wasn’t sure I would ever be able
to come back here, but because Caleb is here, I’ve kept my eye on
the town. For Ethan’s sake, of course.
    When I saw that this
house was for sale, I had to have it. It’s been my dream house
since I was a little girl. It’s a light blue Victorian with white
trim. It has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a small barn, and enough
land for a horse or two. I used to stare up at it and imagine Cal and
I would live here. I don’t have the man, but I do have the house.
    It’s the only house
higher on the hill than the Hall’s, and I was part of a bidding war
with Colonel Hall—that’s his real first name, not a title—for
it. He just didn’t know it was me. I can only imagine how angry he
was that I won. That’s what he gets for investing most of his money
back into the family business. I know he tried to get some money from
Brad, but he knew I was the other bidder, so he refused. I’m just
lucky it went up for sale before Caleb’s invention went live.
They’ll all be richer than God once that formula starts making them
money.
    I unlock the door and
tell Ethan where to find his room. Chloe Griffin took care of all the
decorating for me. I picked everything I wanted, and she had her crew
come in here to put it all where I wanted it and make the updates I
asked for. I’ll admit to a sense of satisfaction from knowing that
no one in this town was hired to work on my house. Chloe wouldn’t
allow it, and I’ll be forever grateful to her for that.
    “I see him, Mama. I
see him with Jade.”
    I run up the stairs and
over to the office where the telescope is, seeing the look of wonder
on my son’s face. I didn’t think Ethan would go there so fast,
but