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    As she advanced, she murmured beneath her breath, “What course should I take? Perhaps Tamara could orchestrate a solution?”


    Her fingers had just brushed against her phone when she was interrupted.


    “Hadley, wait up,” came an unexpected greeting.


    A gentle pressure then settled on her shoulder as Brady appeared beside her. Brady’s face split into a generous smile. “Caught you talking to yourself. You’re practically sprinting. Trouble brewing?”


    “Indeed,” Hadley confirmed with a candid nod, dispensing with pretense. “My friend arrives in Srixby today. Imitted to retrieval duty and I should’ve been at the airport by now, but I just overslept disastrously. Meanwhile, the film set requires my presence.”<fn36e5> ???? ????s? ???????s ?? find?novel</fn36e5>


    “I understand.” Brady’s expression shifted to thoughtful contemtion. “The film set lies beyond my expertise, but your friend’s airport retrieval? That I can manage with ease.”


    “Well…”


    The proposition crystallized in her mind as genuinely advantageous.


    Blood rtion elevated Brady above Tamara as the superior choice—family loyalty carried certain guarantees.


    After a moment’s calction, Hadley ventured, “Your schedule permits such a detour?”


    “Without question,” he assured her.


    Brady’s affirmative nod apanied his wry smile. “While Ick your fiancé’s perpetual frenzy, I enjoy the privilege of self-determined hours—no timecards govern my movements.”


    Time constraints eliminated further deliberation as Hadley inclined her head gratefully. “Thank you, Brady. I really appreciate it.”


    “Seriously, Hadley! Must I perpetually refresh your memory?” Brady challenged. Feigning exasperation, Brady admonished her, “Such formality remains entirely unnecessary between us—I’m family, remember?”


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    “Fair enough, fair enough,” Hadley conceded, unexpectedughter bubbling forth. “My mistake.”


    Armed with Hadley’s detailed instructions, Brady navigated toward the sprawlingplex of Srixby International Airport.


    His mission: pick up one Colleen Hayes among the arriving travelers. Fresh frompleting both her academic requirements and prestigious internship at the University of the, Colleen stood at a pivotal crossroads. The carefully orchestrated arrangement between her and Hadley involved thetter providing transportation on this momentous day as Colleen returned to Srixby.


    Yet curious circumstances surrounded this arrangement—why had such duty fallen to Hadley rather than Colleen’s own family?


    The exnationy in parental opposition to her return. Given her impressive credentials, Colleen’s family had insisted that the offered superior prospects for her professional advancementpared to Srixby. Such pragmatic arguments, however, failed to sway Colleen’s resolve. The allure of foreign opportunities paled against the maic pull of her homnd and familiar surroundings.


    Her strategy embraced direct action: return unannounced and confront inevitable familial displeasure from a position of aplished fact. She came back to Srixby without telling them.


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