It feels good to me, too. It’s been so long since we’ve been able to stretch out alongside each other. “It’s the best feeling in the world,” I say. We kiss for a while, which is something else we haven’t done in a long time. They’re the kind of slow, deep kisses that say more than words ever will, and they make me feel loved and cherished. He’s half-asleep when we finally stop. We have the rest of our lives to kiss, so I whisper that it’s time for him to take a nap. He murmurs his assent without opening his eyes, and I slip from the bed and leave the room.
He coughs for a while and then I don’t hear any sound coming from the bedroom. I sneak back in and check on him, watching his chest until I see it rise and fall. Then I softly close the door.
* * *
While Jonathan sleeps, I go through the mail my mom has been collecting for me and find an envelope with no return address. I pry open the flap, and inside are two crisp one-hundred-dollar bills and the words “thank you” written on a piece of paper. There is also a child’s drawing. It’s of a woman with blond hair and she is driving a car. There’s a princess crown on her head and a man in the passenger seat.
And a duck in the backseat that’s blue.
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About the Author
Tracey Garvis Graves is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. Her debut novel, On the Island, spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into thirty-one languages. She is also the author of Uncharted, Covet, Every Time I Think of You, Cherish, Heart-Shaped Hack, and White-Hot Hack. She is hard at work on her next book. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
1. Annika
2. Annika
3. Annika
4. Jonathan
5. Jonathan
6. Annika
7. Annika
8. Annika
9. Annika
10. Annika
11. Jonathan
12. Annika
13. Annika
14. Jonathan
15. Annika
16. Annika
17. Jonathan
18. Annika
19. Annika
20. Annika
21. Annika
22. Annika
23. Annika
24. Annika
25. Annika
26. Annika
27. Jonathan
28. Jonathan
29. Annika
30. Annika
31. Annika
32. Annika
33. Jonathan
34. Annika
35. Annika
36. Jonathan
37. Jonathan
38. Annika
39. Annika
40. Annika
41. Annika
42. Annika
43. Annika
44. Annika
45. Annika
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About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE GIRL HE USED TO KNOW. Copyright © 2019 by Tracey Garvis Graves. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Title: The girl he used to know / Tracey Garvis Graves.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018041168 | ISBN 9781250200358 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250200365 (ebook)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Love stories.
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