just between us
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Last published Fri, Jul 31, 2026
Madelyn Callahan has spent most of her life building walls, ever since her dad died when she was fifteen, that's just been the deal - smile, joke, keep moving, let nobody too close.
Jack Hughes has always been the exception to that rule, even when she wished he wasn't.
He's her older brother's best friend. He's Luke's older brother. He's off limits in every way that counts and yet he's always been able to see straight through her.
This summer at the lake house, her walls finally start to crack. And for the first time, she lets him in.
She just didn't think about what would happen after.
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