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Yet so was off

“Everything all right?” Josie asked as she settled into her lounger and curled her hands around her favorite coffee iven her last Christmas

Reese shoved his hands in his pockets and glanced out at the horizon It was impossible to be in a bad oing through his head That was a first They always knew each other’s thoughts They could be at a party or in a crowded roo exactly what the other had on their mind

There was so besties

“Honestly—”

Her shrill ringtone cut off anything he was about to adlass table and picked up her cell, thenof curses

“What now?” she answered, totally not in the mood for her ex-husband

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Reese staring at her Reese knew the uy on a whi to figure out how she’d tereed to marry a man she didn’t love

Oh, Chris was a nice guy; he just wasn’t for her, and lately he’d been trying to win her back There was no going back

“Listen, I’ to be rude,” she said now

into the phone, “but it’s not going to happen We’re divorced for a reason” She sat up and swung her legs to the side “You’re a great guy, but we’re just not good together, Chris”

Yet he’d been calling and texting more and more Josie could see where Chris would be confused They’d only dated for three months before they’d up and eloped Never in her life had she imented and predictable as her military father—yet she’d been spontaneous with one of the most important decisions of her life