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When Kevin had first moved to Jupiter Point, he’d imagined that he and Holly would be spending lots of time together as they got used to their new town. In the past, that was how it had been. When he’d first left the Air Force, he’d lived off his savings for three months so they could get used to each other.
But this time was different, maybe because Holly was older now. She was spending time with her new friends, and enjoying her new volunteer position at the observatory. When she was at home, she tended to hole up in her room with her homework and her earbuds.
She was developing a whole independent life, he realized. Right under his nose. And yet, out of his reach.
It was unnerving, to say the least.
But it had one big benefit. Free time.
And what better way to use that free tim
