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Jeffrey frowned slightly.

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Riley walked over and patted him on the shoulder. “You’ve still got a chance to fix things–don’t let it get too awkward. Talk to Rebecca instead of bullheadedly doing things your way.”

“Aren’t you doing the exact same thing?” Jeffrey shot back.

Riley fell silent.

Jeffrey watched her for a moment, then swallowed whatever he was about to say. After a pause, he muttered, “Never mind.”

“Just think about it. I’m off to meet Amelia,” Riley said, not picking up on his hidden meaning. She just wanted him to talk things out with Rebecca.

Jeffrey warned, “Don’t say anything you shouldn’t.”

Riley waved him off as she walked out. “We’ll see.”

When Riley arrived at Amelia’s hospital room, Rebecca and Jessica were chatting with Amelia about Samuel. Riley knocked lightly on the door, pausing the cheerful atmosphere. “Hope I’m not interrupting,” she said.

Everyone turned to look at her.

Rebecca was the first to recognize her. “Riley”

Riley smiled, “Mind if I come in?”

“Of course.” Rebecca stood up, her eyes soft with warmth. “Come in and have a seat,”

Riley nodded and walked in. She was wearing a simple white tee and black pants, with a necklace around her neck. A few pieces of short hair hung down near her eyes, and she looked sharp and laid–back.

She stepped up to the bedside and glanced at Amelia, who was sitting there. Riley rubbed her temple, debating how to start–should she just admit who she was, or take it slow and ease into the reunion?

“You’re Riley, aren’t you?” Amelia spoke first, her tone tentative,

Riley raised an eyebrow and walked over, a hint of a smile playing at the corners of her eyes. “This is why you’re my mentor. Even though it’s our first meeting face–to–face, you can recognize me before I say a word.”

Amelia replied, “You sent me your photo when you were little.”

told her not to call her mentor anymore after leaving the online scene, saying she’d only been her teacher for those ten years, in Riley’s heart, once a mentor,

Amelia smiled, “Come sit

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Riley say last time that my mom just kinda looked like her mentor? Now suddenly, my mom is straight

mentor. But things were kinda complicated on my end,

quickly,

look, “you may have retired, but things have changed. Maybe it’s

a look at Rebecca, and

after years apart, the decade they’d shared had created an unspoken understanding between them- Amelia knew exactly what Riley

two started swapping stories, reminiscing, and catching up on what was going on

out of the room to

the door, Jessica pounced, “When did you make a new

stared at Rebecca, like she’d chew her out if she

explained, “She’s a

snorted, “If she were a

she first saw Riley, she thought she was strikingly handsome with a clean, radiant look. But the moment Riley spoke,

of an entertainment company, Jessica had developed a pretty sharp eye for these

seen her before,” Rebecca

Jessica snorted, “No way.”

handed her my business card on the spot–she’s totally born to be a star. No way I’d let that go,‘

with Jeffrey,” Rebecca prompted her. “Her hair was a bit longer than it is

Back then, all she had eyes

But when Rebecca walked down the aisle in her wedding dress, hand in hand with Jeffrey, Jessica burst into

were probably more about her fear that

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called out, her voice

shift in mood. “What’s wrong?”

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just accept Ryan as your dad? With him in your corner, taking on Jeffrey would be way less of

met Ryan, but had heard

Rebecca replied without a

her carefully, “You know Jeffrey way better than I do. He’s got so many tricks up his

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