As January faded into February, the town of Hawthorne Harbor grew in excitement for the Spring Fling. Hunter had never really cared much for it, though he welcomed back the warmer weather and apple blossoms as much as anyone else.
Cat had texted and said she and Tony would be in town for the Spring Fling and she “couldn’t wait to see him!”
He couldn’t wait to see his sister either. It had been a lot of years. He hadn’t been able to attend her wedding, and a flash of regret still stole through him from time to time because of that. Cat understood, because she’d been in the military too.
He woke one morning in February with guilt on his conscience, and he knew it was because he hadn’t yet told his mother about Westin. He’d sworn Cat to secrecy, but she and Tony were coming clear across th
