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I gulped down over half the glass. "He left Chiverton a while ago.

"Hmm?" Lena sat cross-legged across from me, her face curious.

"I turned him down, so he left. Apparently, he had work to do," I said making Lena pause.

"He left? Didn't he try harder?" Lena shook her head. This guy lacks persistence."

"He knows when to back off, he's not the clingy type," I said, thinking about Hayden's rugged and sturdy demeanor.

Lena tilted her head, looking at me. If he had tried a bit harder, would you have-"

"No," I cut her off. "I won't use one person to heal the wounds another man caused."

*So, no one can easily replace Jace Lena concluded

I gave a faint smile. "Jace agreed to break up with me."

Lena was stunned.

need to clear things up with Matthew and

or that

not just Jace, but my youth and all my beautiful hopes and

stretched out her

with the old, in with the

laughed. "Yeahs, out with the old, in with

up. Tm

the faucet. The water

water flowed down my hair,

eyes...

the Johnston residence, it was just after lunch. Lindey was tending to

she saw me, she dropped her shears. "Rea, you're back! I've missed you so much. You had your

looking both

sorry for worrying you. I heard you were

fault," Lindey said, pulling me to the couch and pushing some

popped it into my mouth. "Are you

you makes everything better," Lindey said, still holding

what I needed to say. But I

asked, "Where's Matthew? Is he

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