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"It's part of my charm. You obviously think a lot of Ben, since you left Zach with him
when you came here. Not that I think you're overprotective or anything."
"Wait until you have one of your own. You'll want to wrap him or her up in cotton."
Sadness flickered in Kelly's eyes. "Maybe so. I don't know if I'll ever find out."
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"Kels, I'm sorry." She put her hand on her friend's. "It will happen, sooner or later."
Kelly shrugged. "We're talking about your problems now. You haven't said much about
the man youdo want."
"Duncan." Gwen rubbed the side of her cup with her thumb. "He's in the army  Special
Forces. About my age, I think. Tall "
"Everyone seems tall to you."
She stuck her tongue out,then went on, "He's quiet, doesn't say much. But what he does
say & matters." She found it hard to put words to what she thought  what she felt 
aboutDuncan.
Kelly looked surprised. "I always thought that when you fell, it would be for someone
outgoing, uninhibited. The opposites-attract thing."
"I haven't fallen for him! I mean & I don't know what I mean," Gwen admitted. "But
whatever this thing is I have forDuncan, it's obvious I can't marry Ben."
"I knew you had some sense. So, are you going to have a flaming affair withDuncan?"
"You don't understand. He's all wrong for me, or I'm all wrong for him. Or both. He's& "
She paused unhappily. SpillingDuncan's secrets  what little she knew of them  didn't
feel right. "He's got & issues. You know how I am,Kels . Shoot, one of the things I like
best about you is that I don't have to guess. Everything's out there for me to see, and if it
isn't, you blurt it out."
"That's me  allsurface , no substance."
"That's not what I mean and you know it. You let everything out in a way I wish I could.
Even I can tell what you're feeling.Duncan& he's so private. Nothing shows. He bluffs at
poker," she said, and sighed. "I ask you, is that the kind of man I need? I'd never be able
to figure him out."
"Yet you can't get him out of your head." Her friend hummed a few bars of the old song
with that line,then shook her head, smiling. "If it doesn't make sense, it must be love."
"Oh, God." Gwen dropped her head into her hands. "I think I'm hyperventilating."
"A perfectly reasonable reaction to falling in love."
"Stop saying that."
"Okay. So what are you going to do?"
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Gwen lifted her head. This much she knew the answer to. "Fly back to Highpoint and tell
Ben I can't marry him. But before that " she took a deep breath "I have to get some
boxes, start packing. And talk to my mother."
"Ye gods. Are you going to move there? Just like that?"
"I don't know. I don't know what I'll do in the long run. But Zach and Ben  they need
each other. And I need to find out what I want. I & damn, I'm doing it again. Hedging
my bets." She swallowed. "The bottom line is,I'm pretty sure what I want. It scares me to
death. I don't know if it's possible, I don't know if it's right. But I'm going to find out."
* * *
Colorado, three days later
Sleet hissed against the windshield. It had been raining inDenverwhenDuncanpicked
Gwen up at the airport, but there was snow and ice in the mountains. The Mustang's
headlights showed a road black with rain, but rapidly turning white on the shoulders. The
air was a dingy gray edging toward darkness. It was four-thirty, and visibility was lousy.
This morning, the forecast had been for clear skies and chilly temperatures. Ben and
Charlie had taken Zach to "Pony Day" inEgerton , a town on the other side of Ray's Pass.
It was an annual event that combined a horse auction with other western-themed events,
including pony rides for the kids. Zach had been desperately eager to go. Ben had put in a
lot of extra hours to free up enough time to take him. Charlie had decided to tag
along.Duncanhadn't. Though he'd privately cursed himself for an idiot, he hadn't wanted
to leave the house. Today, Gwen would be back. Well after Ben, Zach and Charlie
returned, or so they'd thought. ButDuncanhadn't wanted to leave. He was glad now that
he hadn't. When the weatherman started talking about a freak spring storm with ice and
now,Duncanhad called Ben's cell phone and left a message on his voice mail. Gwen had
no business driving in this. She wasn't used to snow, ice and mountains.
He'd driven to theDenverairport and waited.
Gwen's face had lit up when she'd seen him. Then she'd decided she was insulted by the
idea that she couldn't handle a little bad weather. She hadn't argued for long,
though.Duncancouldn't help hoping that meant she'd been glad to be with him.
And indeed, for the first part of the drive she'd been animated, as if some private
excitement simmered inside. She'd asked about Zach. He'd asked about the friend whose
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