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He pulls out a chair and seats me at the table, then sits across fro important to talk to you about"

Yes Yes, you do Can I squeeze another yes in here? All the yeses

"What’s that?" I ask cal on my nails for a month

"Do you think you could delete the Sawyer Camden is a dick board froot all about that I et what a little stalker he is

"Consider it done" I smile It’s loud don Why have I never noticed that before? I hope I don’tanything Just staring at ht this second?"

He raises his eyebrows and nods

I fuet it out and open up the Pinterest app, pulling up one Replaced by a board named Marry Me, Everly There are hundreds of pictures of the words ‘Marry Me’ On coffee cups and neon signs Spelled out in the sand and written on chalkboards I’ll look at theht noyer is on one knee in front ofin his hand

"Everly Jensen, will youis on er It’s perfect A cushion-cut stone surrounded by a perimeter of smaller dias I’ve looked at on Pinterest it’s the one I loved the ne when I notice a bottle of nail polish on the table I recall that it was in his hand, the ring resting around the cap

"You bought e, my favorite color I immediately flip it over to see what it’s called

Everly Ever After is printed on the label

I’ve never even told him about the nail polishes

I’ve said it before--life really has a way of working out for me My advice? A positive attitude and the ability to be flexible is essential And a dash of delusion never hurts

Epilogue

I fell in love with her the moment she walked into the room at my parents’ house that Sunday afternoon in Noveht was a ridiculous notion until Everly

That first sixty seconds was a punch to the gut I thought I’d found her and lost her all in the blink of an eye

As she trailed into the rooh Captivated Before she even said a word But as she? Eric had gotten married recently Was that his neife? I’d sent a silent fuck you to the universe

But wait

Eric wasn’t even looking at her No way that wo at her every ti similar about them--the shape of their eyes, the color of their hair Please God, let that be his sister

I glanced at Finn, gauging his reaction to our guests, and caught the tiniest flicker of exasperation cross his face It was brief So brief I’d think I’d i Finn his entire life Another piece to this sixty-second puzzle

Eric called out a greeting and I rose, clapping hi, but he didn’t turn to the woe Definitely not his wife And neither Eric or Finn had bothered to introduce us, likely assu the way And that’s when it all fell into place for me I knew exactly who the little borinned froly stepped forward to shake my hand and introduce herself