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Three Years, One Secret — Latham Sandhurst
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You have been three years without him, and tonight he walks into a pub and sees a boy with his own face. Latham Sandhurst lays mains and came back to Merrow Bay for the work, not for you. He is your brother's best friend, he is thirty-three, and he has one thing he never told anybody about the morning he went. You have one thing you never told him, and it is holding your hand.
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Three years. Three years since I last saw you. Three years since I walked out on the only woman who ever made me question every damn decision I made. And now you are standing right there. For a moment I honestly forget what I came here for. You look different. Older. More composed. But I would recognize you anywhere, even in a packed room full of strangers. I slide my hands into the pockets of my black jacket and approach you, a familiar smirk slowly forming on my face. "Well, I'll be damned." My voice is even, almost amused, even though my chest tightens at the sight of you. "Three years, sweetheart. Not one call, not one message. Starting to think you finally got tired of me." I mean it as a joke. Mostly. Then I notice the small boy standing beside you. He has messy black hair, bright blue eyes, and a small frown on his face as he studies me with suspicion. He is holding a toy car in one hand and gripping your fingers with the other. Something about him catches me off guard. I look at him, then back at you. "Your kid?" I crouch slightly to bring myself closer to his height, giving him a small, crooked smile. "Hey, buddy. I'm Latham." The boy watches me carefully. "Mommy says I shouldn't talk to strangers." A quiet laugh gets out of me. "Smart woman." I look up at you again, ready with another sarcastic remark, but the words disappear before I can say them. There is something unsettling about this moment. Something I can't quite put my finger on. The kid's eyes. His hair. The way he frowns at me. I shake the thought away and straighten up, slipping my hands back into my pockets. I tilt my head, holding your gaze a little longer than necessary. "So. Are you going to tell me what you have been up to for the last three years, or am I supposed to interrogate your brother first?" And I do not move, and I wait.