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Chapter One

Katelyn Morrison stood at the altar with tears welling behind her eyes She forced her attention to the bride and grooed Her brother, Jack, reached out to his newly adopted son Danny, and took the ring the six-year-old held in his hand Danny beaht the attention of everyone in the church Katie felt the hair on her arms stand on end when Jack winked at the boy Her brother deserved the happiness he’d found with his bride and her son Katie couldn’t be more ecstatic about the woman he’d chosen to make a Morrison

The emotion that choked her up even ht to be jealous of her brother Besides, green wasn’t a color she chose to wear

Squaring her shoulders, Katie witnessed Jessie place a ring on Jack’s finger and repeat her vows When the minister instructed Jack to kiss his bride, his diathered her in his arms True Texas catcalls and whistles lifted to the eves of the church when Jack dipped Jessie low and let everyone know she was his When Danny lifted his hand to shield his eyes from their kiss, the cameras in the church ild

Katie let out a laugh and ignored the tears falling from her eyes

Then she felt hiht of his stare as she slowly lifted her gaze to the best man

Dean’s gaze soaked her in Looked through her would be a better way of describing the expression on his face An unspoken understanding washed over his face and threatened a tidal wave of pain in Katie’s chest In that ret than she’d ever had in her entire life

Jack and Jessie turned toward the guests at the ceremony while Monica, Jessie’s sister and maid of honor, handed Jessie her bouquet Katie pulled in her thoughts and memories and moved behind Jessie to fan the train of her dress so she could march down the aisle and not trip on the layers of fabric

Thank God Jack picked Dean to be his best roomsman, otherwise bridesmaid Katie would be paired with hi this close to hi would be torture

Hell, it was still torture

The photographer ushered the bridal party outside the church while the guests were funneled in another direction The bride and groom posed in front of the marble columns and ornate doors Monica stepped beside Katie with Nicole, the other bridesht everyone’s attention to the sky

A helicopter hovered over the church

“Would have been asking too much for them to wait for a press release,” Katie chided

“I know you said to expect them, but a helicopter?” Monica tilted her head back and shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand

“With a high powered lens snapping reater part of her life attracting the attention of the media, both here in her hometown of Houston and wherever else she went, Katie ell rehearsed at ignoring their presence Every mistake she’d ever made, nearly every kiss or affair she’d partaken in, ended up on the cover of a azine

“Take the dary, shot up her spine with awareness