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Chapter One
Georgia
My dearest Jameson,
This is not our end My heart will always remain with you no matter where we are Time and distance are only inconveniences to a love like ours Whether it’s days,You’ll findaspen trees, just as we both drea me to leave you, but I’ll do it for you I’ll keep us safe I ait for you every second, every hour, every day for the rest of h, then eternity, which is exactly how long I’ll love you, Jameson
Come back to me, my love
Scarlett
Georgia Ellsworth I brushed h to erase the letters Six years ofI’d walked aas a name that wasn’t even mine
In a few minutes, I wouldn’t have that, either
“Nuht?” Juliet Sinclair called out frolassof her booth, like I wasn’t the only person at the Poplar Grove DMV and hadn’t been for the last hour I’d flown into Denver this , driven into the afternoon, and hadn’t even been to my home yet—that’s how desperate I was to rid myself of the last pieces of Damian in my life
Hopefully, losing his na him and six years of my life hurt just a little less
“Right here” I put my credit card away and walked up to her
“Where’s your nu a satisfied sh school
“I’m the only one here, Juliet” Exhaustion beat at every nerve in h this, I could curl up in that big arnore the world for the rest of my life
“Policy says—”
“Oh, stop it, Juliet” Sophie rolled her eyes as she walked into Juliet’s booth “I’ve got Georgia’s paperwork, anyway Go take a break or so”
“Fine” Juliet pushed away froraduated the year before us “Nice to see you, Georgia” She flashed a saccharine-sweet smile in my direction
“You too” I offered her the practiced slue for the past few years, holding rated
“Sorry about that” Sophie cringed, scrunching her nose and adjusting her glasses “She’s… Well, she hasn’t changedappears to be in order” She handed back the papers iven me yesterday afternoon with my new social security card, and I slid them inside the envelope How ironic that while my life had fallen apart, the physical ether by a perfect, forty-five-degree staple “I didn’t read the settle,” she said softly