ssed. By the time everything finally qu
every muscle ached faintly. Supporting herself again
red also walked ou
round his lower body, his damp ha
. Broad shoulders, a well-defined chest, and firm muscles shaped by ye
pression were the same ones that made hi
im for a moment
omething I'd like t
ked casually as he
I
h, the phone on the ni
and glanced a
irst," he said before wa
de. The moment he looked at the caller, a f
eed to guess
is first love and the so-called foster s
the night. And every time she did, Jared would drop everything
l barely noticed when Jared
dy putting o
the buttons of his shirt, "
out a faint
"Are you a doctor? If you
for a second. His expre
oment before his face returned
ed, leaned down, and ge
eep," he said softly
speaking, he turned and
uick-almost as i
disappear down the hallway, R
xpect from him? she
he night air was cool and quiet. Taking a cigarette from t
the ache in her chest became too difficult to suppress, it
ast six months, those moments ha
at the clear night sky. The stars were fain
eaceful smile app
rself, "it's time to let go of the
er fingers. After finishing it, she stubbe
lt unusuall
nd pulled out a set of papers. She stared at
the divo
ara, had sent them
nt. According to the agreement, once the three-year deadline of their ma
. No com
had never belonged the
icked up
h her mind-the cold glances, the silent dinners, the moments when s
ey nev
there had always
hardened with qu
red the pen and signed her n
l Hol
o
ld simply be Ra
*
ing, Rachel w
again. Since she had already signed the divorce papers, th
losing the suitcase, h
ced at t
as J
d for a moment
el
er end. "Get ready. I'm coming to pick you up. We're g
rowned s
hy
e old mansion. No one in the Ho
ed impatiently. "We haven't visited i
scoff. "I think the one the
a tantrum," Jared said
d say anything
d suitcases beside the bed
the last time,
, Jared's car
passenger door, but when
already sit
rowned s
Olivia is coming with us. She wanted to visit Grandma and Mom. B
aze shifte
sized sunglasses resting on her face. Even after spending the night in the hospital
y closed the
e walked around the car a
once foolishly believed that maybe-jus
eated her cruelly the way his older brother had tr
nly lasted during the times
eared, Jared's attention wo
achel might as well
e quietly al
time, no
red glanced at th
something, "you were about to tell
moved to Olivia sitti
calmly, witho
get div
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