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The door opens.
No.
My smile drops.
No. Not him.
Anyone but him.
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LOTTIE
Scott smiles as he looks me up and down. “Are you stalking me?” he asks.
“No!” I say.
“Because I wouldn’t mind if you were. Nice dress.”
I scoff. “What are you doing here?”
“What are you doing here?”
“I came to meet my new neighbor,” I say.
“Oh, okay!” He takes a step back. “Sure. I’ll go get him.”
I exhale, relieved. “Thank god.”
“One moment, please.” Scott closes the door, then immediately opens it again. “Hi!”
My posture sinks. “You’re the hot new single dad next door?!” I ask.
His smirk curls upward. “I think I’m really gonna like Small Town.”
“No,” I say, wagging my head back and forth. “This is unacceptable. You can’t buy this house!”
“But I did,” he says. “See, people own stuff. And sometimes, they put it up for sale so other people can buy it from them… and then they own it instead. This is how the world works.”
“I know how the world works,” I growl.
“Do you? Because you seem to have problems with this concept.”
“The only problem I have is with?—”
“Daddy?”
I swallow my insult as a little girl walks up behind him and tugs on his pant leg.
“It’s all right, sweetie,” Scott says to her, his hand softly resting on her head. “Come meet the new neighbors.”
A smile touches my face. She’s a little smaller than my Liam with curly black hair and bright blue eyes. “Hello,” I say sweetly.
She hides behind his leg.
“This is my son, Liam,” I say, giving Liam a pat on the shoulder. “Liam, you want to say hi?”
He hesitates for a second, then says, “Hi.”
