Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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The answer was easy. "Nope. Not a chance."

Yuna frowned. "That won't do. When Hayden gets back, I'm making him marry you right away. Once you're married, no one can steal you."

Such a romantic. She didn't know there's a little thing called divorce.

But I just smiled and played along. "Fine by me. I've been waiting on that proposal forever."

"Really?" Yuna's face lit up. She whipped out her phone and sent a voice message to Hayden, her excitement almost contagious. "Hayden, Keira's just waiting for you to propose! Hurry up and come back already!" I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculously adorable she was.

But after hitting send, Yuna sighed. "Why isn't he answering? What if something happened to him?"

Her words made my heart do this weird little flip, but I couldn't let her see that. I forced a grin and shrugged. "Maybe he got swept off his feet by some gorgeous lady along the way."

"Not a chance. Hayden's had like, a million admirers, and he's never cared about any of

while Yuna ate, but once she was settled in with the caregiver, I headed

Tried calling Hayden. Still no

but I knew rushing off to search for Hayden wasn't exactly realistic right now. I'd

Once I got there, I pulled out the files on my parents' car accident, the ones I'd combed through a million times. Same conclusion every time: brake failure caused the

Brake failure.

it just a mechanical issue? Or something

report didn't say, which bugged me. How had this gone unquestioned? Matthew had handled everything

was to ask him directly, but Matthew had

something? Was he hiding

thought sent a cold

was a knock at the door. Without thinking, I got up

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guy standing outside, looking me over like I was the last person he

at him, totally confused. "Uh,

his notepad. "We're doing the final check to confirm everyone's moved out. Water and power are getting shut off soon, and we're prepping for

move. I just couldn't bring myself to