by Dara Girard
“I was wrong, too. I may not always agree with you, but I’ll always stand by you.”
He gathered her close. “You don’t have a choice because I don’t plan on letting you go. You made me want to live again.”
She rested her head on his shoulder then saw a familiar face in a photo. She sat up and reached for the picture.
Nate looked over at her. “That’s my dad with his two sisters when they were young.” He pointed. “Aunt Penny hasn’t changed much and that’s Aunt Maggie. She’s sort of the black sheep of the family. Every few months she likes to dress up like a bag lady and pay homeless people for their pets, especially dogs. She’ll then have the pets cleaned and groomed and either keep them or put them up for adoption. She’s rescued lots of dogs this way. You two have a lot in common.”
Yvette gripped the side of the frame. “I already met her.”
Nate raised his eyebrows. “You did?”
“She was the lady I told you about. The one who abandoned James.” She shook her head in wonder. “It’s almost as if everything in my life changed the moment I met her. It’s almost as if—”
“As if what?”
It was all magic. But Yvette was too practical to believe in magic. “It was meant to be.”
Nate drew her close. “I know it was. I hope you’ll meet her again one day. You have the same sense of style. I mean, look at what she’s wearing.”
He didn’t need to point it out. Yvette already saw it. Maggie wore a straw hat, purple dress and familiar lace stockings…
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15