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Chapter Five On Saturday morning, three days later, Kristie’s mom beamed at her. “Gray is coming over for dinner tonight. Isn’t that great?” Kristie almost choked on her toast. No, anything but. But instead she meekly nodded as her mom trailed out to the backyard. It was her day off, and she had told Kristie that she wanted to try to get back into gardening. Lionel was out golfing with his friends. In the silence of the dining room, Kristie found herself staring out the window, watching her mom get her tools in order. Suffering through another dinner with Lionel being tense and Gray being in a terrible mood sounded awful to Kristie. Plus, there was the nagging fact that she couldn’t stop thinking about Gray in that way. It was horrifying to think of it, but late at night when she couldn