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Tanya should leave him here—snarled up in his own mess. Better yet, she should never have turned back to help him. He was a big boy and could take care of himself.
Except when he was strung twenty feet up in a giant topiary.
If only she’d thought to take a photo. She’d have loved to share that one with the rest of the team—they’d still be laughing come Christmas. Of course, she hadn’t thought to take one, because she’d never had someone to share such things with. Normally fine with that thought (one she recognized as only an occasional annoyance), it bothered her tonight. She’d like to have seen Carla with her head thrown back howling at Chad’s predicament. Watch Melissa’s quiet smile as Sofia teased Chad. It would have been a good moment.
No, she didn’t need to belong. And each ste
