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CHAPTER 1
THE SIZZLING WAS ALMOST ENOUGH to make me screauacamole sat untouched next to a full basket of salted tortilla chips
Tension greeen my two best friends and me as silence stretched over the tiny table Lucy blinked finally, but the horror on her face re, I repeatedBill”
“You’re telling us this over fajitas?” Lucy asked, shaking her head with disbelief
I shrugged, not casually, but because there was no appropriate way to respond to such a question I glanced from Lucy to Gretchen, who reached out to clasp her hand over , and she could tell
“Is this why you’ve been distant since I returned from Paris?” Lucy asked me Her eyes cut to Gretchen “And why don’t you look surprised?”
“I’m not,” Gretchen said evenly
“Did so happen while I was onher needding band
“So is that I’m in love”
Up until that asped as a breathtaking smile broke out across her face
“Well, I’d have to be, wouldn’t I?” I asked
She nodded, herjoyfully
“You’re in love with your husband,” Lucy stated, straightening her shoulders “Bill”
“Luce” I took a deep breath and addressed her with unwavering focus “You and Gretchen have beenhappens in my life, I want to share it with you I’ Bill for him”
She lunged against the table “What the fuck?” she screeched
I winced Lucy eet, doe-eyed and polite She didn’t screech, she squealed – and she never cursed “I know it’s shocking,” I said “I wanted you to hear it from me before I talk to Bill”
Her mouth fell open “You haven’t told Bill?”
I shook my head
“Who is this guy?”
The night before, I’d leaped, literally and figuratively, for ‘this guy’ And he had caught ht with ease Rain drenched us, our lips joined and relief melted the muscular arms around me Our foreheads met He told me he loved me I told him he was my home
A s my husband for David Dylan”
Her brown eyes doubled in size, and she gripped the table until her knuckles whitened “Excuse me?”
My sh the sweet memory
“What are you talking about?” Lucy intoned “Do you hear what you just said?”
“You’re in shock,” Gretchen said “Just listen”