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their truce.
    Feeling relieved, Tyler took Austin in a tight hug. He had never felt
worse in his life for calling such a truce, but he knew he shouldn’t have felt
guilty for moving on. It was a natural progression for him to do after her
leaving so long ago. It was the least he owed to himself.
    He felt guilty for still loving Austin and wanting that safety net with
Natasha at the same time.

 
    Chapter Eight

 
 
    YOU know,
Babe, the best way to keep your claws in that man of yours is to give him something
that he can’t just give up,” Natasha’s friend, Adele told her while she took
the olive out of her martini. “Something that will trump every thing.”
         “Yeah I’m with Addy ,” Natasha’s other friend, Leanne mentioned. “It seems
that this Austin needs to know what she lost once and for all and she needs it
quick.” She then put her hands to Natasha’s to make it show that she wasn’t
being horrible with what she was going to say, but her friend needed the truth.
“The way I see it, Tasha, is that Tyler is still more than a little hung up on
Austin and he’s falling in love with her an-”
         “If he ever fell out of love
with her,” Adele chucked in.
         Leanne agreed, “There’s
that, but, T, the man obviously feels more than a little something for Austin
and her being back isn’t some short fling. She’s back in Point Arena for good
and while you’re here doing working lunches and running a business, he’s back
there in walking distance of her. Hell, they just brought a house to renovate.
She is getting back under his skin already.”
         “Let’s face it,” Adele
started, “She’s back for one thing and one thing only – Tyler.”
         “I can tell you now if she
thinks she’s getting Tyler back she can think again,” Natasha replied almost
venomously. “I know all about her little secret from six years ago and I saw
her leaving as my opportunity to trump what should have always been mine and
you best believe me, girls, I will do any thing to make sure she never
gets Tyler back.”
         “Sounds ominous,” Adele
prompted as she swallowed the rest of the martini and looked around for the
waiter to bring her another.
         “Oh believe me, she won’t
forget who Tyler belongs to after I’m done with her,” Natasha spoke with
absolute glee.
         “You need to think fast
before this turns deadly,” Leanne commented, not wanting to acknowledge just
what vindictive acts Natasha could be capable of when in the midst of a jealous
fit.
         “Oh, don’t worry, I have an idea already,” Natasha finalised and almost
wanted to rub her hands in glee. She knew she had her friends intrigued as they
both moved inwards a little more, their eyes hungry like vultures for this
piece of gossip.

 
    Chapter Nine

 
 
    IT seemed like things
were destined to happen fast now she was back, and Austin had to blow out a
deep breath and look to Tyler as he gazed on proudly. She then looked at their
newest challenge and after a lot of debates and heated chats with Natasha they
had not only gotten her acceptance but, had finally bought their old house with
plans to ready it for whatever family wanted to buy it.
    “It is still pretty much the same as I remember it,” Austin pointed out
stating the obvious as she looked up at the near worn down, derelict house.
    “Still remind you of the house from ‘ It’s A Wonderful Life’ , Sunny?”
Tyler asked her as he reminisced on the day they watched that film and she had
told him she always wanted to take an old house and make it into a perfect
home.
    “Really does,” Austin responded and looked at him, “So how much have you
and the boys done so far?”
    Taking her hand he began to drag her towards the house, but she quickly
slipped her hand away. Tyler tried to get used to the barrier Austin was now
putting up between them and in the last two weeks he was finding it more than a
little