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"Except that he’s a man-whore!" I protested

"And my mama always said that reformed rakes e player in high school before he ht down and into a long-distance relationship when I decided to co er, and nobody would have ever expected it of hiued

I stopped to consider the point she was uy played around a lot didn’t irl he wouldn’t be able to be faithful If anything, e it would make him more likely to be able to not cheat since he’d already been with so many other women and worked it out of his systeuy for ht in uy Charlotte was relentless when she was trying to h Better to deflect the conversation now or spend the rest of the se to catch Jackson for uy like that who’s totally intohilad youto pop the question over Christ soon, and I’ that you’ll be ready to come back home and become Mrs Shane Sorenson"

She flopped down ontoher eyes "Ugh! I just don’t know I love Shane, I really do But do I really want to take ree back to the middle of nowhere in Tennessee and hope that my parents will use so horses at his dad’s place?"

"You know your parents will listen to your ideas They o away to college so you could spread your wings a bit," I reuess I just pictured so different for my future than the same life in a small town that my parents have"

"Then tell Shane that Give hi different that you’re drearound you walk on Are you ready to walk away and give him up?"

"No! I can’t picture my life without him in it," she protested "We didn’t survive four years of college and a long-distance relationship only for ure out what I want But I hate the thought of hi any more sacrifices to be with ether," I res here because you have a boyfriend waiting at hoet that Plus, he’s the one who pushed for you guys to stay together when you left"

"You’re right I just wish I was happier about going ho forward to being closer to Shane I’ back to small-town life"

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s not like you’re living life in the fast lane up here, Char Things can’t be that ot the saossip mill, and the cauess it’s just that I dreaht away It’s hard to explain"

As much as I loved Char, it was kind of hard to hear her complain about an option I would kill to have "I hear what you’re saying, but just remember how lucky you are to have a horeat guy to go back to when you graduate I have no idea what I’ back in with my aunt is even an option since I’nore h, and you know that you are alelcome back home withto decide between all the offers you know you’re going to get! They can’t wait to see you during break"

I chuckled in response to her enthusias either Her parents would absolutely letto decide what to do next Although I doubted she was right aboutoffers to dance professionally My decision to attend college at ht come back to bite me in the ass when it came to that But it had been worth it to spend four years feeling closer than ever to them