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As her lips touched his cheek, he swore his heart stopped beating. He wanted nothing more than to turn his head and capture her lips with his, but he couldn't. He couldn't do that to Abigail. He couldn't ditch her, not again.
It hurt more than he thought it would to watch Juliet walk away. But then, he was in love with her. And here he was passing up what could be his only chance. He couldn't go with her though. Not now. Not when there was a part of him that was still stuck in that moment in high school. A piece of him was still on that pier, watching Abigail. He had to do this. He had to go back to Abigail for that lost teenager inside him. Maybe then he could finally move on. Maybe then he could be with Juliet. He only prayed that she would wait for him.
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It killed her to walk away from him. After all this time, she had finally admitted to herself how she felt about Shawn, and she was too late. He was with Abigail now. She should have known though. After all, they did have to put her under police protection. And why would they have to do that if there wasn't something going on between the two of them? She felt so stupid.
Still, now that she'd realized how she felt about him she couldn't just turn it off. She knew she would continue to love him. Maybe things could still work out. Maybe she could wait. She just wasn't sure she could wait forever.