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Leanne walked the boardwalk, tilting her face up toward the sun. She knew logically that it was the same sun she’d had in LA, but it didn’t feel the same. In the big city, the sunshine had always felt dirty and tired, like it had had to fight its way through so much smog, she should just feel lucky it had made it at all.
Not in Starlight Ridge.
Here, the sunshine was clean and vibrant, and seemed to warm her from the inside out. She grinned as she spotted Erwin, the owner of the Seaside Bay restaurant, walking his dog along the beach, only to realize that Jessie was walking toward him on the same stretch of sand. In an effort to avoid having to talk to her, he crossed the beach toward the boardwalk, scowling, like he couldn’t believe Jessie would dare be out on the beach at the same t
