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I love that she’s asking me such
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He shrugged. “I don’t know. I w
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It’s obvious she has no clue how
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Chapter TwelveLily“I can’t beli
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that one day, that one meal, that p
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She left the door open for me while
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All I did was ask to move home. I d
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the city and ordering burgers has b
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“Do I get a redo?” I ask.“A r
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dead giveaway that he’s angry. I
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the stairwell. I take a nervous ste
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“Everything would be so much easi
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“Oh.” His eyes dart around, as
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Chapter ThirteenAtlasIt’s amazing
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She rolls her eyes. “I’m not he
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“Where do you live?” I ask her.
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Chapter FourteenLilyI’ve been out
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I close the door and press my foreh
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it flourish and grow. Like what Lil
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sever. I feel like he could go spen
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little girl from the homeless boy w
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“You’re holding it wrong.” My
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I have to hold back my irritation.
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Chapter SixteenLilyYou lose your mo
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“Look at this adorable outfit,”
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It’s a kid.A kid who looks just l
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He exhales. “I should probably ge
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He takes a bite, and one of his eye
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number and put the phone to my ear.
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Josh reluctantly takes the credit c
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and I was about to send him right b
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“What are you wearing to Lucy’s
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“He’s not, really. Not to me.
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I immediately blush, and that makes
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Chapter NineteenAtlasI have no idea
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About an hour later, the kitchen is
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Chapter TwentyLilyIt’s challengin
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Atlas touches my hand that’s cupp
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My lack of response is enough confi
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other again, I could cry.
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Lily tonight, it was hard to focus
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Chapter Twenty-TwoLilyI’m trying
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were younger. The desire, the thril
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looks me up and down. I’m still a
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Chapter Twenty-ThreeAtlasI should d
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danger by showing up at your house
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Chapter Twenty-FourLilyThere’s a
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I blow out a calming breath, reliev
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She hasn’t spotted me yet, so I t
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There may come a day when I officia
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Chapter Twenty-FiveAtlas“What tim
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She sighs. “That’s the thing. I
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Josh can’t see us from the dining
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I’d never admit any of this out l
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seeing, so they use their child as
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Chapter Twenty-SixLilyYou disappoin
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I’m so sick of his remorse. I wan
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Chapter Twenty-SevenAtlasIt’s onl
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“You think I don’t know the law
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know I can make Lily, she’ll neve
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guess this is the best possible out
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“Then when?”It’s not really a
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makes a beeline for me, sidesteppin
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He nips at my ear, sending chills d
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I make it to the doorway of his bat
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squeezing water out of it with both
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we have to pretend like we don’t
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Chapter Twenty-NineAtlasI can’t g
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“Where is he?”“At a friend’
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Lily does it for me.She starts to w
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plate of breakfast. I sit across fr
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“I found your dad’s address.”
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Chapter Thirty-OneAtlasIt’s a thr
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remain from the shit I endured livi
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make this decision for him.I just s
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Chapter Thirty-TwoLilyAre you at ho
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She’s giggling as soon as he make
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Ryle’s jaw is twitching. His expr
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“I did. It’s coconut shrimp.”
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have been really difficult for you.
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I unfold the note and trace the lit
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and I had to swallow before I could
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I’ve written in this letter. And
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Chapter Thirty-FiveAtlas“Aren’t
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Marshall glances over at the car th
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Chapter Thirty-SixLilyI’m curled
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But his question about leaving with
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home from work early and the two of
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I pull the page out of my pocket an
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Optimistically speaking, we could l
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both more than words can say, and e
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About the AuthorCOLLEEN HOOVER is t
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LaylaVerityReminders of HimAlso by
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