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"It's nothing!" Lena said, shoving her phone away.

Which, of course, meant it was definitely something. But if she wasn't ready to talk, I wasn't going to push. Probably something to do with Nate.

That lingering connection-the one where things are over but not really over-was something I understood too well.

Like me and Jace. Even after all this time and starting over, there were still threads that tied us together. It wasn't love anymore, but the history, the complications... those don't just disappear.

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was pregnant, she showed up with a basket

a mom!" she

the room.

You're not eating right here. Come

because she still saw me as the daughter she'd raised, even though this child had nothing to do with the Johnston family. Yes, they were involved in my parents' deaths-I'll never forget that. But I also can't deny the care they gave me during the ten years I lived

anger over the past. It was about Jace and Wayne. Jace's feelings for me still lingered, and Wayne's... well, they were way too intense. Moving back into their home would've been a disaster waiting to happen. But honestly, the past had left scars I couldn't ignore.

at her temples seemed starker under

managed to pull together a smile. "You're right. Okay, then I'll bring

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the look in her eyes stopped me. She didn't say it, but her gaze begged me not

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