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Chapter 15 Walking out of the hospital, I nearly collided with someone I hadn’t seen in years. Vivian Torres was very pregnant, with her tall, Nordic-looking husband carefully guiding her…
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Chapter 14 Ryder’s stomach problems had been getting worse for years. I used to nag him constantly about skipping meals and living on coffee, but he never listened. Now it…
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Chapter 13 That’s when I realized Ryder had gotten the wrong idea about my trip. But he passed out before I could explain anything, and the paramedics were already loading…
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Chapter 12 Ryder stayed out of my life for the rest of the holidays. Then two days ago, Dylan left for his Master’s program at Columbia. At JFK, we held…
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Chapter 11 After dinner, my parents took Emma to the park down the street. Dylan pulled me into my bedroom with this mischievous grin and handed me a photo like…
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Chapter 10 1 first spotted Dylan at the Barnes & Noble in town. I loved spending weekends there, watching kids get totally absorbed in my picture books. Seeing their faces…
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Chapter 9 Ryder’s face went through about five different emotions before settling on this sarcastic smirk: “Real smooth lie, Jess. That’s the best you could come up with?” “So you’re…
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Chapter 8 Mission accomplished. The party ended with Ryder dragging me out of there like a caveman. It didn’t take long for everyone to connect the dots-Ryder and I had…
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Chapter 7 1 was completely done with Ryder’s bullshit. We’d been divorced for three years-what gave him the right to police my dating life? Some of the night owls…
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Chapter 6 By the time the reunion hit full swing, a massive blizzard came out of nowhere. The mountain resort where we were staying was completely snowed in. So we…