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“I can’t believe you didn’t tell ainst her sister’s lower stomach “Or about the baby”

“I didn’t want to believe it was true You knohat it was like growing up”

“Yes, I accepted Jacob’s proposal for the very same reasons He was safe I didn’t want to run the risk of—” she flung her hands in the air “—feeling like this”

“You poor baby But don’t worry We’ll pack all our stuff and be out of here as soon as we can There’s a flight to Perpignan later this afternoon We can be on it and you canwill be okay, you’ll see”

Rina wished she could believe in her sister’s opti her sister had finally found her happiness, Rina knew she would never recover fro pain that filled her s and finished packing, erator, they discussed Sara’s pregnancy, which had been a breeze so far By the tie, Rina knew that at least she’d have so to look forward to A niece or nephew to spoil and love—and to distract her from the empty sense of loss she carried deep inside her

They’d just wheeled their cases out to the taxi when a cloud of dust came down the road A cloud of dust accoh-perfor

“He’s probably just co,” Sara said She stood in front of Rina as Rey alighted fro to check on us We’re leaving Isla Sagrado for good”

Rey slid his expensive sunglasses off his face and took another step closer “You , but Sarina ishere In fact, you couldn’t pay er,” Rina said, and opened the back door on the taxi “Coht”

The toot into the backseat, but before the driver could close the trunk of the car, they heard Rey bark an order in Spanish

“Did he just tell him to takefor a reply, she ju? Put my case back in there”

“The señor, he askeduncomfortably between both Rey and Rina