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HOW DO WE GET BACK THERE?

LAURA

Time was moving fast!

Too fast.

One moment, I was strapped to machines, barely able to hold my head up, and now... now I was running. Driving soon. Living again.

Josh had parked a present outside the house-a white, shiny present.

A G-Wagon.

His version of a "mom car."

I had laughed when I saw it, shaking my head, but he had been dead serious.

"It's safe," he had said, arms crossed, daring me to argue. "It's got enough space for Asha. And it's yours."

Who was I to say otherwise?

Hell, I hadn't even been alive for the past three years.

Now, Iwas back.

I had just gotten back from a run the first real run since waking up. It wasn't far and wasn't fast, but it felt good. My legs burned in a way that reminded me I was getting stronger. Jess is the 0.00%

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real runner but I could understand the appeal.

Stepping out of the shower, steam curling around me, I let the towel drop and reached for my lotion, smoothing it over my arms, my legs. Tissue oil over my scars, my fingers tracing each one like a map of everything I had survived. I was still rubbing it into the one on my stomach when the door clicked.

I glanced up.

Josh stood in the doorway of our bedroom, eyes locked on me, completely frozen.

His mouth was slack.

The bag he had been holding hit the floor.

I swallowed.

But I didn't move.

This was Josh. My husband.

Technically, none of this was new

And yet... we never talked about this,

I had seen him walk around the bedroom in his underwear, all smooth muscle and powerful shoulders.

I had even accidentally seen him in the shower. Busy...

Well.

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Now here we were.

And I was the one without clothing.

Josh swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing.

babe," I said, voice even, ignoring the

dragged over every

voice a little rough. "You...

I almost laughed.

I stood up straight, took a

Josh didn't move.

Didn't breathe.

and

immediately found my

And then-

pulled me to

And kissed me.

Really kissed me.

he

hadn't since

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pressing against mine. Heat curled low in my stomach, pooled between my thighs. My

He pulled back.

Breathing hard.

pressed

was thick. Strained. "I... I don't want to rush you, babe. You're doing so well. I don't want to do anything

My hands dropped.

My chest tightened.

Of course.

I stepped back.

Too quickly.

then I turned and walked as fast as I could back into the bathroom, wrapping

mirror stared back at

My cheeks were flushed.

My lips were swollen.

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And my heart?

to

JOSH

didn't mean to

I really didn't.

But there she was.

Laura.

the shower, her long legs smooth and

And I stopped breathing.

My brain? Gone.

My body? Locked up.

hitting

looked up, her gaze

She didn't flinch.

scramble for

just stood there, watching me

Fuck.

she said, her voice even.

B

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scars on full

mouth dry up.

I swallowed. Hard.

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tight. I flicked my gaze up, forcing myself to focus on her face. "You, uh...

the second

had a

at the corner of her lips. She straightened, took a slow

I still

up, pressing the

hands moved on their

her to me, unable

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